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authorKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>2012-10-25 13:38:16 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-10-25 14:37:53 -0700
commit12176503366885edd542389eed3aaf94be163fdb (patch)
tree34b48c84987a3f217987106783cac352974af9d2 /fs/compat_ioctl.c
parent20f1de659b77364d55d4e7fad2ef657e7730323f (diff)
downloadlinux-12176503366885edd542389eed3aaf94be163fdb.tar.bz2
fs/compat_ioctl.c: VIDEO_SET_SPU_PALETTE missing error check
The compat ioctl for VIDEO_SET_SPU_PALETTE was missing an error check while converting ioctl arguments. This could lead to leaking kernel stack contents into userspace. Patch extracted from existing fix in grsecurity. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Brad Spengler <spender@grsecurity.net> Cc: PaX Team <pageexec@freemail.hu> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/compat_ioctl.c')
-rw-r--r--fs/compat_ioctl.c2
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/compat_ioctl.c b/fs/compat_ioctl.c
index f5054025f9da..4c6285fff598 100644
--- a/fs/compat_ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/compat_ioctl.c
@@ -210,6 +210,8 @@ static int do_video_set_spu_palette(unsigned int fd, unsigned int cmd,
err = get_user(palp, &up->palette);
err |= get_user(length, &up->length);
+ if (err)
+ return -EFAULT;
up_native = compat_alloc_user_space(sizeof(struct video_spu_palette));
err = put_user(compat_ptr(palp), &up_native->palette);