linux/mm
Stephen Rothwell 8ce08464d2 [PATCH] Fix sys_move_pages when a NULL node list is passed
sys_move_pages() uses vmalloc() to allocate an array of structures that is
fills with information passed from user mode and then passes to
do_stat_pages() (in the case the node list is NULL).  do_stat_pages()
depends on a marker in the node field of the structure to decide how large
the array is and this marker is correctly inserted into the last element of
the array.  However, vmalloc() doesn't zero the memory it allocates and if
the user passes NULL for the node list, then the node fields are not filled
in (except for the end marker).  If the memory the vmalloc() returned
happend to have a word with the marker value in it in just the right place,
do_pages_stat will fail to fill the status field of part of the array and
we will return (random) kernel data to user mode.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <clameter@engr.sgi.com>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-11-03 12:27:59 -08:00
..
allocpercpu.c [PATCH] Extract the allocpercpu functions from the slab allocator 2006-09-26 08:48:51 -07:00
backing-dev.c [PATCH] separate bdi congestion functions from queue congestion functions 2006-10-20 10:26:35 -07:00
bootmem.c [PATCH] bootmem: use MAX_DMA_ADDRESS instead of LOW32LIMIT 2006-09-26 08:48:49 -07:00
bounce.c [PATCH] BLOCK: Separate the bounce buffering code from the highmem code [try #6] 2006-09-30 20:32:11 +02:00
fadvise.c [PATCH] fadvise() make POSIX_FADV_NOREUSE a no-op 2006-08-06 08:57:47 -07:00
filemap_xip.c [PATCH] mark address_space_operations const 2006-06-28 14:59:04 -07:00
filemap.c [PATCH] mm: clean up pagecache allocation 2006-10-28 11:30:50 -07:00
filemap.h Remove all inclusions of <linux/config.h> 2006-10-04 03:38:54 -04:00
fremap.c [PATCH] paravirt: pte clear not present 2006-10-01 00:39:33 -07:00
highmem.c [PATCH] BLOCK: Separate the bounce buffering code from the highmem code [try #6] 2006-09-30 20:32:11 +02:00
hugetlb.c [PATCH] hugetlb: fix absurd HugePages_Rsvd 2006-10-28 11:30:53 -07:00
internal.h [PATCH] mm: VM_BUG_ON 2006-09-26 08:48:44 -07:00
Kconfig Fix "can not" in Documentation and Kconfig 2006-10-03 22:53:09 +02:00
madvise.c [PATCH] Fix MADV_REMOVE protection checking 2006-04-17 18:22:18 -07:00
Makefile [PATCH] separate bdi congestion functions from queue congestion functions 2006-10-20 10:26:35 -07:00
memory_hotplug.c [PATCH] hot-add-mem x86_64: use CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_RESERVE 2006-10-01 00:39:18 -07:00
memory.c [PATCH] mm: D-cache aliasing issue in cow_user_page 2006-10-20 10:26:43 -07:00
mempolicy.c [PATCH] Fix do_mbind warning with CONFIG_MIGRATION=n 2006-10-11 11:14:19 -07:00
mempool.c [PATCH] dm: work around mempool_alloc, bio_alloc_bioset deadlocks 2006-09-01 11:39:09 -07:00
migrate.c [PATCH] Fix sys_move_pages when a NULL node list is passed 2006-11-03 12:27:59 -08:00
mincore.c [PATCH] freepgt: sys_mincore ignore FIRST_USER_PGD_NR 2005-04-19 13:29:20 -07:00
mlock.c [PATCH] move capable() to capability.h 2006-01-11 18:42:13 -08:00
mmap.c Fix VM_MAYEXEC calculation 2006-10-15 14:09:55 -07:00
mmzone.c [PATCH] mm/mmzone.c: EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL 2006-07-10 13:24:17 -07:00
mprotect.c [PATCH] paravirt: lazy mmu mode hooks.patch 2006-10-01 00:39:33 -07:00
mremap.c [PATCH] paravirt: lazy mmu mode hooks.patch 2006-10-01 00:39:33 -07:00
msync.c [PATCH] mm: msync() cleanup 2006-09-26 08:48:45 -07:00
nommu.c Spelling fix: "control" instead of "cotrol" 2006-10-03 23:21:02 +02:00
oom_kill.c [PATCH] OOM killer meets userspace headers 2006-10-20 10:26:38 -07:00
page_alloc.c [PATCH] mm: un-needed add-store operation wastes a few bytes 2006-11-03 12:27:56 -08:00
page_io.c [PATCH] swsusp: read speedup 2006-09-26 08:48:58 -07:00
page-writeback.c [PATCH] separate bdi congestion functions from queue congestion functions 2006-10-20 10:26:35 -07:00
pdflush.c [PATCH] pdflush: handle resume wakeups 2006-06-25 10:01:06 -07:00
prio_tree.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
readahead.c [PATCH] Cleanup read_pages() 2006-11-03 12:27:56 -08:00
rmap.c [PATCH] mm: more commenting on lock ordering 2006-10-20 10:26:44 -07:00
shmem_acl.c [PATCH] Fix typos in mm/shmem_acl.c 2006-10-11 11:14:23 -07:00
shmem.c [PATCH] separate bdi congestion functions from queue congestion functions 2006-10-20 10:26:35 -07:00
slab.c [PATCH] init_reap_node() initialization fix 2006-11-03 12:27:58 -08:00
slob.c [PATCH] Make kmem_cache_destroy() return void 2006-09-27 08:26:11 -07:00
sparse.c [PATCH] memory hotplug: __GFP_NOWARN is better for __kmalloc_section_memmap() 2006-10-28 11:30:52 -07:00
swap_state.c [PATCH] lockdep: locking init debugging improvement 2006-07-03 15:27:02 -07:00
swap.c [PATCH] mm/: make functions static 2006-09-26 08:48:45 -07:00
swapfile.c [PATCH] valid_swaphandles() fix 2006-09-29 09:18:23 -07:00
thrash.c [PATCH] temporarily disable swap token on memory pressure 2005-11-28 14:42:25 -08:00
tiny-shmem.c [PATCH] devfs: Remove the devfs_fs_kernel.h file from the tree 2006-06-26 12:25:08 -07:00
truncate.c [PATCH] invalidate: remove_mapping() fix 2006-10-17 08:18:43 -07:00
util.c [PATCH] slab: clean up leak tracking ifdefs a little bit 2006-10-04 07:55:13 -07:00
vmalloc.c [PATCH] Fix GFP_HIGHMEM slab panic 2006-10-29 08:01:58 -08:00
vmscan.c [PATCH] Use min of two prio settings in calculating distress for reclaim 2006-10-28 11:30:51 -07:00
vmstat.c [PATCH] vmscan: Fix temp_priority race 2006-10-28 11:30:50 -07:00