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/dev/mem: Avoid overwriting "err" in read_mem()
authorKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Tue, 27 Mar 2018 21:06:14 +0000 (14:06 -0700)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Sun, 8 Apr 2018 12:29:49 +0000 (14:29 +0200)
commit6e86812c68c3b5538424b77d03bc25754c2be850
tree9690c37a2d9f11477efaab5ae09fa85dd9fed6b0tree
parent8a966cd9f309c9742b7f113841e612f6c8d4654fcommit | diff
/dev/mem: Avoid overwriting "err" in read_mem()

commit b5b38200ebe54879a7264cb6f33821f61c586a7e upstream.

Successes in probe_kernel_read() would mask failures in copy_to_user()
during read_mem().

Reported-by: Brad Spengler <spender@grsecurity.net>
Fixes: 22ec1a2aea73 ("/dev/mem: Add bounce buffer for copy-out")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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