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[PATCH] LSM: add missing hook to do_compat_readv_writev()
authorJames Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Wed, 26 Apr 2006 15:11:00 +0000 (15:11 +0000)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Mon, 1 May 2006 19:03:44 +0000 (12:03 -0700)
commit9120b4470e2e57f196a0e470898ae628725fb4c2
treead144b3fee2d7a0be16181226f1de751e010f6ba
parent41fd2d35389e0fc809d696f352d7c44850d5a67b
[PATCH] LSM: add missing hook to do_compat_readv_writev()

This patch addresses a flaw in LSM, where there is no mediation of readv()
and writev() in for 32-bit compatible apps using a 64-bit kernel.

This bug was discovered and fixed initially in the native readv/writev
code [1], but was not fixed in the compat code.  Thanks to Al for spotting
this one.

  [1] http://lwn.net/Articles/154282/

Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>
fs/compat.c