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x86, mpx: Strictly enforce empty prctl() args

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Description from Michael Kerrisk.  He suggested an identical patch
to one I had already coded up and tested.

commit fe3d197f84 "x86, mpx: On-demand kernel allocation of bounds
tables" added two new prctl() operations, PR_MPX_ENABLE_MANAGEMENT and
PR_MPX_DISABLE_MANAGEMENT.  However, no checks were included to ensure
that unused arguments are zero, as is done in many existing prctl()s
and as should be done for all new prctl()s. This patch adds the
required checks.

Suggested-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Suggested-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave@sr71.net>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150108223022.7F56FD13@viggo.jf.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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Dave Hansen 2015-01-08 14:30:22 -08:00 committed by Thomas Gleixner
parent c922228efe
commit e9d1b4f3c6
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@ -2210,9 +2210,13 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(prctl, int, option, unsigned long, arg2, unsigned long, arg3,
up_write(&me->mm->mmap_sem);
break;
case PR_MPX_ENABLE_MANAGEMENT:
if (arg2 || arg3 || arg4 || arg5)
return -EINVAL;
error = MPX_ENABLE_MANAGEMENT(me);
break;
case PR_MPX_DISABLE_MANAGEMENT:
if (arg2 || arg3 || arg4 || arg5)
return -EINVAL;
error = MPX_DISABLE_MANAGEMENT(me);
break;
default: