[patch 12/16] x86_64: check if ptrace RIP is canonical

[Chris Wright]

[PATCH] x86_64: check if ptrace RIP is canonical

This works around an AMD Erratum.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxx>
---

 ptrace.c |    5 +++++
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+)

Index: release-2.6.11/arch/x86_64/kernel/ptrace.c
===================================================================
--- release-2.6.11.orig/arch/x86_64/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ release-2.6.11/arch/x86_64/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -149,6 +149,11 @@ static int putreg(struct task_struct *ch
 				return -EIO;
 			value &= 0xffff;
 			break;
+		case offsetof(struct user_regs_struct, rip):
+			/* Check if the new RIP address is canonical */
+			if (value >= TASK_SIZE)
+				return -EIO;
+			break;
 	}
 	put_stack_long(child, regno - sizeof(struct pt_regs), value);
 	return 0;
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