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On x86_32 casting the unsigned int result of get_random_int() to long may
authorLudwig Nussel <ludwig.nussel@suse.de>
Wed, 3 Aug 2011 00:52:36 +0000 (10:52 +1000)
committerStephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Wed, 10 Aug 2011 01:50:32 +0000 (11:50 +1000)
commit574f96f06bbad46564773bdd70ca647dd8eea15e
treed5d900c03468b438a3ec9635e470107fb11f3db6
parent794b3b390a52d03d3849f6d6be2e195d8ab57a87
On x86_32 casting the unsigned int result of get_random_int() to long may
result in a negative value.  On x86_32 the range of mmap_rnd() therefore
was -255 to 255.  The 32bit mode on x86_64 used 0 to 255 as intended.

The bug was introduced by 675a081 ("x86: unify mmap_{32|64}.c") in January
2008.

Signed-off-by: Ludwig Nussel <ludwig.nussel@suse.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
arch/x86/mm/mmap.c