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From: Markus Lidel <Markus.Lidel@shadowconnect.com>
To: "Robert T. Johnson" <rtjohnso@eecs.berkeley.edu>
Cc: Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: PATCH: 2.6.7-rc3 drivers/message/i2o/i2o_config.c: user/kernel pointer bugs
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 08:24:34 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <40C95022.1060104@shadowconnect.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1086822062.32052.129.camel@dooby.cs.berkeley.edu>

Hello,

Robert T. Johnson wrote:
> Since arg is a user pointer, accessing values like cmd->iop requires an 
> unsafe user pointer dereference.

Yes, you're right...

> QUESTION: Does ioctl_passthru mean arg is a kernel pointer?  If so, then
> disregard this bug report.

No, arg is a user pointer...

> Let me know if you have any questions, and thanks for looking into this.

No, thank you for taking your time, and also making the patch :-)



Best regards,


Markus Lidel
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      parent reply	other threads:[~2004-06-11  6:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-06-09 23:01 PATCH: 2.6.7-rc3 drivers/message/i2o/i2o_config.c: user/kernel pointer bugs Robert T. Johnson
2004-06-10  1:37 ` viro
2004-06-10  4:03   ` Robert T. Johnson
2004-06-11  6:24 ` Markus Lidel [this message]

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