UNAME26 is a mechanism to report Linux's version as 2.6.x, for
compatibility with old/broken software. Because of the way it is
implemented, it needs to be adjusted to handle version 5.0.
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Neuschäfer <j.neuschae...@gmx.net>
---
kernel/sys.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index a48cbf1414b8..479f4ecdb405 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -1208,6 +1208,7 @@ DECLARE_RWSEM(uts_sem);
* Work around broken programs that cannot handle "Linux 3.0".
* Instead we map 3.x to 2.6.40+x, so e.g. 3.0 would be 2.6.40
* And we map 4.x to 2.6.60+x, so 4.0 would be 2.6.60.
+ * We map 5.x to 2.6.81+x, so 5.0 would be 2.6.81.
*/
static int override_release(char __user *release, size_t len)
{
@@ -1227,7 +1228,7 @@ static int override_release(char __user *release, size_t
len)
break;
rest++;
}
- v = ((LINUX_VERSION_CODE >> 8) & 0xff) + 60;
+ v = ((LINUX_VERSION_CODE >> 8) & 0xff) + 81;
copy = clamp_t(size_t, len, 1, sizeof(buf));
copy = scnprintf(buf, copy, "2.6.%u%s", v, rest);
ret = copy_to_user(release, buf, copy + 1);
--
2.20.1
