On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 1:16 AM, Catalin Marinas
wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 06:12:03PM -0700, Thomas Garnier wrote:
>> Ensure the address limit is a user-mode segment before returning to
>> user-mode. Otherwise a process can corrupt kernel-mode memory and
>> elevate privileges [1].
>>
>> The
On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 06:12:03PM -0700, Thomas Garnier wrote:
> Ensure the address limit is a user-mode segment before returning to
> user-mode. Otherwise a process can corrupt kernel-mode memory and
> elevate privileges [1].
>
> The set_fs function sets the TIF_SETFS flag to force a slow path o
Ensure the address limit is a user-mode segment before returning to
user-mode. Otherwise a process can corrupt kernel-mode memory and
elevate privileges [1].
The set_fs function sets the TIF_SETFS flag to force a slow path on
return. In the slow path, the address limit is checked to be USER_DS if
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