Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 11 Feb 2018 13:17:14 +0100 | From | Dominik Brodowski <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/5] selftests/x86: fix vDSO selftest segfault for vsyscall=none |
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On Sun, Feb 11, 2018 at 12:21:53PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net> wrote: > > > + char name[128]; > > + if (sscanf(line, "%p-%p %c-%cp %*x %*x:%*x %*u %s", > > + &start, &end, &r, &x, name) != 5) > > So that's a buffer overflow waiting to happen, if a line in 'maps' gets too large, > right?
... as does tools/testing/selftests/x86/test_vsyscall.c already now, right? Will fix both up with an additional patch.
But a more generic question: Is there a quick, easy but reliable test available in userspace to determine whether int $0x80 vsyscall is available on a given system, or will cause a segfault?
Thanks, Dominik
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