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| author | Xiao Guangrong <[email protected]> | 2009-09-15 06:44:36 +0000 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> | 2009-09-15 07:53:31 +0000 |
| commit | b3e62e35058fc744ac794611f4e79bcd1c5a4b83 (patch) | |
| tree | 797092fc19f9af8b6e5242c1987137dd362f51bc /lib/debugobjects.c | |
| parent | Linux 2.6.31 (diff) | |
| download | kernel-b3e62e35058fc744ac794611f4e79bcd1c5a4b83.tar.gz kernel-b3e62e35058fc744ac794611f4e79bcd1c5a4b83.zip | |
perf_counter: Fix buffer overflow in perf_copy_attr()
If we pass a big size data over perf_counter_open() syscall,
the kernel will copy this data to a small buffer, it will
cause kernel crash.
This bug makes the kernel unsafe and non-root local user can
trigger it.
Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Paul Mackerras <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
LKML-Reference: <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
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