[GIT PULL] core kernel fix
From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Fri May 12 2017 - 03:27:24 EST
Linus,
Please pull the latest core-urgent-for-linus git tree from:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git core-urgent-for-linus
# HEAD: 5ea30e4e58040cfd6434c2f33dc3ea76e2c15b05 stackprotector: Increase the per-task stack canary's random range from 32 bits to 64 bits on 64-bit platforms
A single fix/enhancement to increase stackprotector canary randomness on 64-bit
kernels with very little cost.
Thanks,
Ingo
------------------>
Daniel Micay (1):
stackprotector: Increase the per-task stack canary's random range from 32 bits to 64 bits on 64-bit platforms
kernel/fork.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 3a4343cdfe90..d681f8f10d2d 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ static struct task_struct *dup_task_struct(struct task_struct *orig, int node)
set_task_stack_end_magic(tsk);
#ifdef CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR
- tsk->stack_canary = get_random_int();
+ tsk->stack_canary = get_random_long();
#endif
/*