The first of these patches unifies copy_from_user(), thus making its buffer size checking consistent between 32- and 64-bit.
The second one unifies copy_to_user(), at once adding similar buffer size checking (to help avoiding information leaks). 1: x86: unify copy_from_user() size checking 2: x86: unify copy_to_user() and add size checking to it Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeul...@suse.com> Cc: Arjan van de Ven <ar...@linux.intel.com> include/asm/uaccess.h | 98 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ include/asm/uaccess_32.h | 29 ------------- include/asm/uaccess_64.h | 28 ------------- lib/usercopy_32.c | 8 +-- 4 files changed, 101 insertions(+), 62 deletions(-) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
