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Mateusz Jurczyk 9380fa60b1 kernel/sysctl_binary.c: check name array length in deprecated_sysctl_warning()
Prevent use of uninitialized memory (originating from the stack frame of
do_sysctl()) by verifying that the name array is filled with sufficient
input data before comparing its specific entries with integer constants.

Through timing measurement or analyzing the kernel debug logs, a
user-mode program could potentially infer the results of comparisons
against the uninitialized memory, and acquire some (very limited)
information about the state of the kernel stack.  The change also
eliminates possible future warnings by tools such as KMSAN and other
code checkers / instrumentations.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170524122139.21333-1-mjurczyk@google.com
Signed-off-by: Mateusz Jurczyk <mjurczyk@google.com>
Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Matthew Whitehead <tedheadster@gmail.com>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Cc: Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Documentation kexec/kdump: minor Documentation updates for arm64 and Image 2017-07-12 16:26:00 -07:00
arch powerpc/fadump: use the correct VMCOREINFO_NOTE_SIZE for phdr 2017-07-12 16:25:59 -07:00
block Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2017-07-11 15:36:52 -07:00
certs scripts/spelling.txt: add "intialise(d)" pattern and fix typo instances 2017-05-08 17:15:13 -07:00
crypto dmaengine updates for 4.13-rc1 2017-07-08 12:36:50 -07:00
drivers Merge branch 'i2c/for-4.13' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wsa/linux 2017-07-12 10:04:56 -07:00
firmware firmware/Makefile: force recompilation if makefile changes 2017-05-08 17:15:10 -07:00
fs sysctl: add unsigned int range support 2017-07-12 16:26:00 -07:00
include sysctl: add unsigned int range support 2017-07-12 16:26:00 -07:00
init mm: allow slab_nomerge to be set at build time 2017-07-06 16:24:31 -07:00
ipc mqueue: fix a use-after-free in sys_mq_notify() 2017-07-09 14:37:19 -07:00
kernel kernel/sysctl_binary.c: check name array length in deprecated_sysctl_warning() 2017-07-12 16:26:00 -07:00
lib test_sysctl: test against int proc_dointvec() array support 2017-07-12 16:26:00 -07:00
mm mm/memory.c: mark create_huge_pmd() inline to prevent build failure 2017-07-12 16:25:59 -07:00
net The main item here is support for v12.y.z ("Luminous") clusters: 2017-07-11 12:12:28 -07:00
samples bpf: fix return in load_bpf_file 2017-07-05 09:05:28 +01:00
scripts checkpatch: improve multi-line alignment test 2017-07-10 16:32:35 -07:00
security Merge branch 'work.memdup_user' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-07-05 16:05:24 -07:00
sound main drm pull for v4.13 2017-07-09 18:48:37 -07:00
tools test_sysctl: test against int proc_dointvec() array support 2017-07-12 16:26:00 -07:00
usr ramfs: clarify help text that compression applies to ramfs as well as legacy ramdisk. 2017-07-06 16:24:30 -07:00
virt PPC: 2017-07-06 18:38:31 -07:00
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.gitignore kbuild: Add support to generate LLVM assembly files 2017-04-25 08:13:52 +09:00
.mailmap power supply and reset changes for the v4.12 series (part 2) 2017-05-12 12:02:21 -07:00
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CREDITS avr32: remove support for AVR32 architecture 2017-05-01 09:27:15 +02:00
Kbuild kbuild: Consolidate header generation from ASM offset information 2017-04-13 05:43:37 +09:00
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MAINTAINERS Merge branch 'i2c/for-4.13' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wsa/linux 2017-07-12 10:04:56 -07:00
Makefile Kbuild thin archives updates for v4.13 2017-07-07 15:11:12 -07:00
README README: add a new README file, pointing to the Documentation/ 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -02:00

README

Linux kernel
============

This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst

Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users.
These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.