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authorRasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>2020-10-24 03:04:26 +0200
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2020-10-25 11:44:16 -0700
commit986b9eacb25910865b50e5f298aa8e2df7642f1b (patch)
tree300b9558aac3c868b7a4213b6de09117147b81c5 /kernel
parent23224e45004ed84c8466fd1e8e5860f541187029 (diff)
downloadlinux-986b9eacb25910865b50e5f298aa8e2df7642f1b.tar.gz
kernel/sys.c: fix prototype of prctl_get_tid_address()
tid_addr is not a "pointer to (pointer to int in userspace)"; it is in
fact a "pointer to (pointer to int in userspace) in userspace".  So
sparse rightfully complains about passing a kernel pointer to
put_user().

Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/sys.c6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index 84594bcd886e..a730c03ee607 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -2238,12 +2238,12 @@ out:
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE
-static int prctl_get_tid_address(struct task_struct *me, int __user **tid_addr)
+static int prctl_get_tid_address(struct task_struct *me, int __user * __user *tid_addr)
 {
 	return put_user(me->clear_child_tid, tid_addr);
 }
 #else
-static int prctl_get_tid_address(struct task_struct *me, int __user **tid_addr)
+static int prctl_get_tid_address(struct task_struct *me, int __user * __user *tid_addr)
 {
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
@@ -2427,7 +2427,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(prctl, int, option, unsigned long, arg2, unsigned long, arg3,
 		error = prctl_set_mm(arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5);
 		break;
 	case PR_GET_TID_ADDRESS:
-		error = prctl_get_tid_address(me, (int __user **)arg2);
+		error = prctl_get_tid_address(me, (int __user * __user *)arg2);
 		break;
 	case PR_SET_CHILD_SUBREAPER:
 		me->signal->is_child_subreaper = !!arg2;