linux/net
Mikulas Patocka ed6fe9d614 Fix order of arguments to compat_put_time[spec|val]
Commit 644595f896 ("compat: Handle COMPAT_USE_64BIT_TIME in
net/socket.c") introduced a bug where the helper functions to take
either a 64-bit or compat time[spec|val] got the arguments in the wrong
order, passing the kernel stack pointer off as a user pointer (and vice
versa).

Because of the user address range check, that in turn then causes an
EFAULT due to the user pointer range checking failing for the kernel
address.  Incorrectly resuling in a failed system call for 32-bit
processes with a 64-bit kernel.

On odder architectures like HP-PA (with separate user/kernel address
spaces), it can be used read kernel memory.

Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-09-05 18:34:13 -07:00
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9p net: Fix (nearly-)kernel-doc comments for various functions 2012-07-10 23:13:45 -07:00
802 tokenring: delete all remaining driver support 2012-05-15 20:23:16 -04:00
8021q vlan: clean up vlan_dev_hard_start_xmit() 2012-08-14 14:33:32 -07:00
appletalk net: Fix (nearly-)kernel-doc comments for various functions 2012-07-10 23:13:45 -07:00
atm atm: fix info leak via getsockname() 2012-08-15 21:36:30 -07:00
ax25 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2012-07-19 11:17:30 -07:00
batman-adv batman-adv: Fix mem leak in the batadv_tt_local_event() function 2012-08-08 16:04:04 -07:00
bluetooth Bluetooth: L2CAP - Fix info leak via getsockname() 2012-08-15 21:36:31 -07:00
bridge bridge: fix rcu dereference outside of rcu_read_lock 2012-08-15 15:09:41 -07:00
caif caif: Do not dereference NULL in chnl_recv_cb() 2012-08-20 02:47:49 -07:00
can can: gw: Remove pointless casts 2012-07-10 22:36:17 +02:00
ceph libceph: avoid truncation due to racing banners 2012-08-21 15:55:27 -07:00
core netpoll: revert 6bdb7fe310 and fix be_poll() instead 2012-08-29 15:03:23 -04:00
dcb net: Fix non-kernel-doc comments with kernel-doc start marker 2012-07-10 23:13:45 -07:00
dccp dccp: fix info leak via getsockopt(DCCP_SOCKOPT_CCID_TX_INFO) 2012-08-15 21:36:31 -07:00
decnet ipv4: Restore old dst_free() behavior. 2012-07-31 14:41:38 -07:00
dns_resolver Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security 2012-05-21 20:27:36 -07:00
dsa dsa: Convert compare_ether_addr to ether_addr_equal 2012-05-09 20:49:19 -04:00
ethernet ipx: move peII functions 2012-07-19 10:48:00 -07:00
ieee802154 6lowpan: Change byte order when storing/accessing to len field 2012-07-16 22:52:02 -07:00
ipv4 Merge branch 'master' of git://1984.lsi.us.es/nf 2012-08-31 13:06:37 -04:00
ipv6 net: ipv6: fix error return code 2012-08-31 16:27:48 -04:00
ipx ipx: move peII functions 2012-07-19 10:48:00 -07:00
irda irda: Fix typo in irda 2012-07-16 23:23:52 -07:00
iucv net: remove skb_orphan_try() 2012-06-15 15:30:15 -07:00
key net: cleanup unsigned to unsigned int 2012-04-15 12:44:40 -04:00
l2tp l2tp: avoid to use synchronize_rcu in tunnel free function 2012-08-30 12:31:03 -04:00
lapb lapb: Neaten debugging 2012-05-17 18:45:20 -04:00
llc llc: fix info leak via getsockname() 2012-08-15 21:36:31 -07:00
mac80211 Merge branch 'for-john' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jberg/mac80211 2012-08-23 09:51:15 -04:00
mac802154 mac802154: sparse warnings: make symbols static 2012-07-12 07:54:45 -07:00
netfilter netfilter: nf_conntrack: fix racy timer handling with reliable events 2012-08-31 15:50:28 +02:00
netlabel netlabel: use GFP flags from caller instead of GFP_ATOMIC 2012-03-22 19:29:57 -04:00
netlink netlink: fix possible spoofing from non-root processes 2012-08-24 13:36:09 -04:00
netrom net: Convert all sysctl registrations to register_net_sysctl 2012-04-20 21:22:30 -04:00
nfc Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next into for-davem 2012-07-20 12:30:48 -04:00
openvswitch Revert "openvswitch: potential NULL deref in sample()" 2012-07-27 13:45:51 -07:00
packet af_packet: match_fanout_group() can be static 2012-08-23 09:27:12 -07:00
phonet net: remove my future former mail address 2012-06-17 16:29:38 -07:00
rds rds: set correct msg_namelen 2012-07-23 01:01:44 -07:00
rfkill rfkill: Add the capability to switch all devices of all type in __rfkill_switch_all(). 2012-06-06 15:18:17 -04:00
rose net: Convert all sysctl registrations to register_net_sysctl 2012-04-20 21:22:30 -04:00
rxrpc Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2012-07-10 23:56:33 -07:00
sched act_mirred: do not drop packets when fails to mirror it 2012-08-16 14:54:44 -07:00
sctp netvm: prevent a stream-specific deadlock 2012-07-31 18:42:47 -07:00
sunrpc svcrpc: fix svc_xprt_enqueue/svc_recv busy-looping 2012-08-20 18:39:19 -04:00
tipc tipc: remove print_buf and deprecated log buffer code 2012-07-13 19:34:43 -04:00
unix af_netlink: force credentials passing [CVE-2012-3520] 2012-08-21 14:53:01 -07:00
wanrouter wanmain: comparing array with NULL 2012-07-24 13:55:21 -07:00
wimax net: cleanup unsigned to unsigned int 2012-04-15 12:44:40 -04:00
wireless cfg80211: process pending events when unregistering net device 2012-08-06 14:29:58 -04:00
x25 net: Fix (nearly-)kernel-doc comments for various functions 2012-07-10 23:13:45 -07:00
xfrm net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c: fix error return code 2012-08-31 16:27:48 -04:00
compat.c net: Fix references to out-of-scope variables in put_cmsg_compat() 2012-07-22 17:50:49 -07:00
Kconfig net: drop NET dependency from HAVE_BPF_JIT 2012-05-21 12:50:12 -07:00
Makefile econet: remove ancient bug ridden protocol 2012-05-18 01:35:08 -04:00
nonet.c
socket.c Fix order of arguments to compat_put_time[spec|val] 2012-09-05 18:34:13 -07:00
sysctl_net.c net: delete all instances of special processing for token ring 2012-05-15 20:14:35 -04:00