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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, 24 Aug 2011 23:46:16 +0000 (09:46 +1000)
committerStephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Thu, 22 Sep 2011 08:18:50 +0000 (18:18 +1000)
commitdd7f5f5f5fd64a9239cd35278c5e90b20581af58
tree8c8dc72c5d6de819d4a395bbaf32494b98adebbe
parentaafc088f6e62d6614295c26dd1a8d0e8b0614c7c
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