On Sun, 2008-02-10 at 23:43 -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile > index 6a949eb..99c5e87 100644 > --- a/Makefile > +++ b/Makefile > @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ > VERSION = 2 > PATCHLEVEL = 6 > SUBLEVEL = 22 > -EXTRAVERSION = .17 > +EXTRAVERSION = .18 > NAME = Holy Dancing Manatees, Batman! > > # *DOCUMENTATION* > diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c > index e263d3b..dbbe267 100644 > --- a/fs/splice.c > +++ b/fs/splice.c > @@ -1182,6 +1182,9 @@ static int get_iovec_page_array(const struct iovec > __user *iov, > if (unlikely(!base)) > break; > > + if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, base, len)) > + break; > + > /* > * Get this base offset and number of pages, then map > * in the user pages.
Maybe I'm missing something here, but is there are reason that the patch for 2.6.22 differs from 2.6.2[34]? The "if(unlikely(!base))" is removed in the latter. Matt -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
