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authorAndré Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu>2016-10-20 00:10:27 -0300
committerAndré Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu>2016-10-20 00:10:27 -0300
commitd0b2f91bede3bd5e3d24dd6803e56eee959c1797 (patch)
tree7fee4ab0509879c373c4f2cbd5b8a5be5b4041ee /arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
parente914f8eb445e8f74b00303c19c2ffceaedd16a05 (diff)
Linux-libre 4.8.2-gnupck-4.8.2-gnu
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c19
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
index 600edd225..a1606eadd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ unsigned long kernel_stack_pointer(struct pt_regs *regs)
return sp;
prev_esp = (u32 *)(context);
- if (prev_esp)
- return (unsigned long)prev_esp;
+ if (*prev_esp)
+ return (unsigned long)*prev_esp;
return (unsigned long)regs;
}
@@ -923,15 +923,18 @@ static int putreg32(struct task_struct *child, unsigned regno, u32 value)
case offsetof(struct user32, regs.orig_eax):
/*
- * A 32-bit debugger setting orig_eax means to restore
- * the state of the task restarting a 32-bit syscall.
- * Make sure we interpret the -ERESTART* codes correctly
- * in case the task is not actually still sitting at the
- * exit from a 32-bit syscall with TS_COMPAT still set.
+ * Warning: bizarre corner case fixup here. A 32-bit
+ * debugger setting orig_eax to -1 wants to disable
+ * syscall restart. Make sure that the syscall
+ * restart code sign-extends orig_ax. Also make sure
+ * we interpret the -ERESTART* codes correctly if
+ * loaded into regs->ax in case the task is not
+ * actually still sitting at the exit from a 32-bit
+ * syscall with TS_COMPAT still set.
*/
regs->orig_ax = value;
if (syscall_get_nr(child, regs) >= 0)
- task_thread_info(child)->status |= TS_COMPAT;
+ task_thread_info(child)->status |= TS_I386_REGS_POKED;
break;
case offsetof(struct user32, regs.eflags):