From: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>
To: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Modutils 2.3.14 / Kernel 2.4.0-test11 incompatibility
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 10:24:47 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4589.974935487@ocs3.ocs-net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 22 Nov 2000 23:12:25 -0000." <200011222312.eAMNCQ613184@flint.arm.linux.org.uk>
On Wed, 22 Nov 2000 23:12:25 +0000 (GMT),
Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> if (copy_from_user(mod+1, mod_user+1, mod->size-sizeof(*mod))) {
Using sizeof(struct module) is a nono in sys_init_module(), the code
has to use the user space size. Does this untested patch fix the
problem? Against 2.4.0-test11-pre6 but should fit test11.
Index: 0-test11-pre6.1/kernel/module.c
--- 0-test11-pre6.1/kernel/module.c Wed, 08 Nov 2000 11:52:15 +1100 kaos (linux-2.4/j/28_module.c 1.1.2.1.1.1.7.1.1.1 644)
+++ 0-test11-pre6.1(w)/kernel/module.c Thu, 23 Nov 2000 10:22:26 +1100 kaos (linux-2.4/j/28_module.c 1.1.2.1.1.1.7.1.1.1 644)
@@ -480,7 +480,9 @@ sys_init_module(const char *name_user, s
/* Ok, that's about all the sanity we can stomach; copy the rest. */
- if (copy_from_user(mod+1, mod_user+1, mod->size-sizeof(*mod))) {
+ if (copy_from_user((char *)mod+mod_user_size,
+ (char *)mod_user+mod_user_size,
+ mod->size-mod_user_size)) {
error = -EFAULT;
goto err3;
}
-
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2000-11-22 23:12 Russell King
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