x86/ptrace: make genregs[32]_get/set more robust
authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:04:56 +0000 (07:04 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:04:56 +0000 (07:04 -0800)
commit04a1e62c2cec820501f93526ad1e46073b802dc4
treec997e71d095d521f945daacc5b1e6b0e767639dc
parent718deb6b61e34c200c1f2b706176d9aac334cb2d
x86/ptrace: make genregs[32]_get/set more robust

The loop condition is fragile: we compare an unsigned value to zero, and
then decrement it by something larger than one in the loop.  All the
callers should be passing in appropriately aligned buffer lengths, but
it's better to just not rely on it, and have some appropriate defensive
loop limits.

Acked-by: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c