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[PATCH] sys_set_mempolicy() doesnt check if mode < 0
authorEric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com>
Tue, 2 Aug 2005 04:11:43 +0000 (21:11 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>
Tue, 2 Aug 2005 04:38:00 +0000 (21:38 -0700)
commitb59a7c5d42a555ed0500c2dc080902abf46e6686
tree0d5e8b860e1294e4e38576624e1909075cb84ea6
parent40ee43e4e8b4a1e74471d66fa9e5afa502c80c27
[PATCH] sys_set_mempolicy() doesnt check if mode < 0

A kernel BUG() is triggered by a call to set_mempolicy() with a negative
first argument.  This is because the mode is declared as an int, and the
validity check doesnt check < 0 values.  Alternatively, mode could be
declared as unsigned int or unsigned long.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
mm/mempolicy.c