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linux/fs/proc
Jiri Olsa 816619eef3 UPSTREAM: fs/proc/kcore.c: Add bounce buffer for ktext data
We hit hardened usercopy feature check for kernel text access by reading
kcore file:

  usercopy: kernel memory exposure attempt detected from ffffffff8179a01f (<kernel text>) (4065 bytes)
  kernel BUG at mm/usercopy.c:75!

Bypassing this check for kcore by adding bounce buffer for ktext data.

Reported-by: Steve Best <sbest@redhat.com>
Fixes: f5509cc18daa ("mm: Hardened usercopy")
Suggested-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Bug: 31374226
Change-Id: Ic93e6041b67d804a994518bf4950811f828b406e
(cherry picked from commit df04abfd181acc276ba6762c8206891ae10ae00d)
Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>
2016-10-12 17:34:22 +05:30
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