subject:"\[PATCH 4.14 094\/159\] x86\/entry\/64\: Remove the SYSENTER stack canary"

[PATCH 4.14 094/159] x86/entry/64: Remove the SYSENTER stack canary

2017-12-22 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman

4.14-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. -- From: Andy Lutomirski commit 7fbbd5cbebf118a9e09f5453f686656a167c3d1c upstream. Now that the SYSENTER stack has a guard page, there's no need for a canary to detect overflow after

[PATCH 4.14 094/159] x86/entry/64: Remove the SYSENTER stack canary

2017-12-22 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman

4.14-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. -- From: Andy Lutomirski commit 7fbbd5cbebf118a9e09f5453f686656a167c3d1c upstream. Now that the SYSENTER stack has a guard page, there's no need for a canary to detect overflow after the fact.