On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 2:06 AM, Andi Kleen <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Indeed, get_wchan ensures that fp<stack+THREAD_SIZE, but then dereferences 
>> fp+8:
>>
>> 434                 if (fp < (unsigned long)stack ||
>> 435                     fp >= (unsigned long)stack+THREAD_SIZE)
>> 436                         return 0;
>> 437                 ip = *(u64 *)(fp+8);
>>
>> It must check that fp+8<stack+THREAD_SIZE.
>> As far as I see, the bug can lead to garbage return values or in the
>> worst case to crash.
>
> Thanks for the report.
>
> The change looks good to me. Can you please submit a formal signed off patch
> to [email protected] ?

Hi Andi,

Wolfram has a patch for it.
Wolfram, please send your patch to [email protected].
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