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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/mm/mpx.c25
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/mpx.c b/arch/x86/mm/mpx.c
index b0ae85f..6127c5e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/mpx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/mpx.c
@@ -586,6 +586,29 @@ static unsigned long mpx_bd_entry_to_bt_addr(struct mm_struct *mm,
}
/*
+ * We only want to do a 4-byte get_user() on 32-bit. Otherwise,
+ * we might run off the end of the bounds table if we are on
+ * a 64-bit kernel and try to get 8 bytes.
+ */
+int get_user_bd_entry(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long *bd_entry_ret,
+ long __user *bd_entry_ptr)
+{
+ u32 bd_entry_32;
+ int ret;
+
+ if (is_64bit_mm(mm))
+ return get_user(*bd_entry_ret, bd_entry_ptr);
+
+ /*
+ * Note that get_user() uses the type of the *pointer* to
+ * establish the size of the get, not the destination.
+ */
+ ret = get_user(bd_entry_32, (u32 __user *)bd_entry_ptr);
+ *bd_entry_ret = bd_entry_32;
+ return ret;
+}
+
+/*
* Get the base of bounds tables pointed by specific bounds
* directory entry.
*/
@@ -605,7 +628,7 @@ static int get_bt_addr(struct mm_struct *mm,
int need_write = 0;
pagefault_disable();
- ret = get_user(bd_entry, bd_entry_ptr);
+ ret = get_user_bd_entry(mm, &bd_entry, bd_entry_ptr);
pagefault_enable();
if (!ret)
break;
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