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Subject[PATCH 171/241] sparc64: do not clobber personality flags in sys_sparc64_personality()
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3.5.7.2 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>

commit a27032eee8cb6e16516f13c8a9752e9d5d4cc430 upstream.

There are multiple errors in how sys_sparc64_personality() handles
personality flags stored in top three bytes.

- directly comparing current->personality against PER_LINUX32 doesn't work
in cases when any of the personality flags stored in the top three bytes
are used.
- directly forcefully setting personality to PER_LINUX32 or PER_LINUX
discards any flags stored in the top three bytes

Fix the first one by properly using personality() macro to compare only
PER_MASK bytes.
Fix the second one by setting only the bits that should be set, instead of
overwriting the whole value.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <herton.krzesinski@canonical.com>
---
arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc_64.c | 10 +++++-----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc_64.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc_64.c
index 275f74f..3c38914 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc_64.c
@@ -519,12 +519,12 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(sparc64_personality, unsigned long, personality)
{
int ret;

- if (current->personality == PER_LINUX32 &&
- personality == PER_LINUX)
- personality = PER_LINUX32;
+ if (personality(current->personality) == PER_LINUX32 &&
+ personality(personality) == PER_LINUX)
+ personality |= PER_LINUX32;
ret = sys_personality(personality);
- if (ret == PER_LINUX32)
- ret = PER_LINUX;
+ if (personality(ret) == PER_LINUX32)
+ ret &= ~PER_LINUX32;

return ret;
}
--
1.7.9.5


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