From 7c85d1f9d358b24c5b05c3a2783a78423775a080 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Mackerras Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 13:02:59 +1000 Subject: powerpc: Fix machine check problem on 32-bit kernels This fixes a bug found by Dave Jones that means that it is possible for userspace to provoke a machine check on 32-bit kernels. This also fixes a couple of other places where I found similar problems by inspection. Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras --- arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c') diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c index 27f65b95184..c2db642f4cd 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c @@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ static long restore_sigcontext(struct pt_regs *regs, sigset_t *set, int sig, err |= __get_user(msr, &sc->gp_regs[PT_MSR]); if (err) return err; + if (v_regs && !access_ok(VERIFY_READ, v_regs, 34 * sizeof(vector128))) + return -EFAULT; /* Copy 33 vec registers (vr0..31 and vscr) from the stack */ if (v_regs != 0 && (msr & MSR_VEC) != 0) err |= __copy_from_user(current->thread.vr, v_regs, -- cgit v1.2.3