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Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 11:29:28 -0700
From: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Balbir Singh <bsingharora@...il.com>, Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@...nwall.com>, Shailabh Nagar <nagar@...ibm.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, security@...nel.org, Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>, Stephen Wilson <wilsons@...rt.ca>, KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>, David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: [Security] [PATCH 2/2] taskstats: restrict access to user
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> writes:
> rc = parse(info->attrs[TASKSTATS_CMD_ATTR_REGISTER_CPUMASK], mask);
> diff --git a/kernel/tsacct.c b/kernel/tsacct.c
> index 24dc60d9fa1f..110ca5a03bd6 100644
> --- a/kernel/tsacct.c
> +++ b/kernel/tsacct.c
> @@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ void bacct_add_tsk(struct taskstats *stats, struct task_struct *tsk)
>
> #define KB 1024
Needs to be 1024ULL, because the counters are 64bit.
> #define MB (1024*KB)
> +#define KB_MASK (~(KB-1))
Otherwise you lose the upper 32bits here.
-Andi
--
ak@...ux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only
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