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authorChris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com>2010-10-28 15:47:06 -0400
committerChris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com>2010-11-01 15:31:17 -0400
commit1deb9c5dfb179819ecdbf80a1d121e26c63caab3 (patch)
treec6f6ec6030eb22f094a65c07e63312758d079794 /kernel/sys.c
parent34a89d26bdc4ba46a406fa3842239e921c493d44 (diff)
arch/tile: don't allow user code to set the PL via ptrace or signal return
The kernel was allowing any component of the pt_regs to be updated either by signal handlers writing to the stack, or by processes writing via PTRACE_POKEUSR or PTRACE_SETREGS, which meant they could set their PL up from 0 to 1 and get access to kernel code and data (or, in practice, cause a kernel panic). We now always reset the ex1 field, allowing the user to set their ICS bit only. Signed-off-by: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com>
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