forked from Minki/linux
mainlining shenanigans
3f12888dfa
In snd_ctl_elem_add_compat(), the fields of the struct 'data' need to be copied from the corresponding fields of the struct 'data32' in userspace. This is achieved by invoking copy_from_user() and get_user() functions. The problem here is that the 'type' field is copied twice. One is by copy_from_user() and one is by get_user(). Given that the 'type' field is not used between the two copies, the second copy is *completely* redundant and should be removed for better performance and cleanup. Also, these two copies can cause inconsistent data: as the struct 'data32' resides in userspace and a malicious userspace process can race to change the 'type' field between the two copies to cause inconsistent data. Depending on how the data is used in the future, such an inconsistency may cause potential security risks. For above reasons, we should take out the second copy. Signed-off-by: Wenwen Wang <wang6495@umn.edu> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> |
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Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.