| commit | 12aaa0855b39b5464db953fedf399fa91ee365ed | |
| author | Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com> | |
| Tue, 16 Aug 2005 19:05:09 +0000 (16 12:05 -0700) | ||
| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | |
| Tue, 16 Aug 2005 19:18:01 +0000 (16 12:18 -0700) | ||
| tree | d202ce6d6529fe23e950e24cd04b4d562f28705e | treesnapshot (tar.gz zip) |
| parent | 5153f7e6dba37390902c8fd3edc9a8cc19358ece | commitdiff |
[PATCH] i386 / desc_empty macro is incorrect
Chuck Ebbert noticed that the desc_empty macro is incorrect. Fix it.
Thankfully, this is not used as a security check, but it can falsely
overwrite TLS segments with carefully chosen base / limits. I do not
believe this is an issue in practice, but it is a kernel bug.
Signed-off-by: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com>
Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@osdl.org>
[ x86-64 had the same problem, and the same fix. Linus ]
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Chuck Ebbert noticed that the desc_empty macro is incorrect. Fix it.
Thankfully, this is not used as a security check, but it can falsely
overwrite TLS segments with carefully chosen base / limits. I do not
believe this is an issue in practice, but it is a kernel bug.
Signed-off-by: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com>
Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@osdl.org>
[ x86-64 had the same problem, and the same fix. Linus ]
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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