On 23.12.2013 [17:37:00 -0800], Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Please cc the guilty parties when sending patches like this.
>
> Also, just out of interest, please describe how this bug affected
> things. Did we overflow the saved_auxv[] array, or what? Also, how
> does this change affect architectures th
On 24 December 2013 02:37, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Please cc the guilty parties when sending patches like this.
>
OK.
[Added Al Viro as well as this affects fs/binfmt_elf.c]
> Also, just out of interest, please describe how this bug affected
> things. Did we overflow the saved_auxv[] array, or w
> Please cc the guilty parties when sending patches like this.
Crud, sorry about that.
Can we add a comment at the end of include/linux/auxvec.h that says you
need to update this? Then plebs like me are less likely to miss it in
future.
Mikey
> Also, just out of interest, please describe how t
Please cc the guilty parties when sending patches like this.
Also, just out of interest, please describe how this bug affected
things. Did we overflow the saved_auxv[] array, or what? Also, how
does this change affect architectures that _don't_ have that
ELF_HWCAP2 thing, ie everything but powerpc
Commit 2171364d1a92 (powerpc: Add HWCAP2 aux entry) introduced a new
AT_ auxv entry type AT_HWCAP2 but failed to update AT_VECTOR_SIZE_BASE
accordingly.
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel
Fixes: 2171364d1a92 (powerpc: Add HWCAP2 aux entry)
Cc: sta...@vger.kernel.org
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include/linux/auxvec.h | 2 +-
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