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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/proc/kcore.c | 17 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/fs/proc/kcore.c b/fs/proc/kcore.c index 71157ee35c1a..556f310d6aa4 100644 --- a/fs/proc/kcore.c +++ b/fs/proc/kcore.c @@ -541,19 +541,12 @@ read_kcore(struct file *file, char __user *buffer, size_t buflen, loff_t *fpos) case KCORE_VMEMMAP: case KCORE_TEXT: /* - * Using bounce buffer to bypass the - * hardened user copy kernel text checks. + * We use _copy_to_user() to bypass usermode hardening + * which would otherwise prevent this operation. */ - if (copy_from_kernel_nofault(buf, (void *)start, tsz)) { - if (clear_user(buffer, tsz)) { - ret = -EFAULT; - goto out; - } - } else { - if (copy_to_user(buffer, buf, tsz)) { - ret = -EFAULT; - goto out; - } + if (_copy_to_user(buffer, (char *)start, tsz)) { + ret = -EFAULT; + goto out; } break; default: |