linux.git/fs/exec.c, branch v2.6.29-rc2

[CVE-2009-0029] System call wrappers part 27

2009-01-14T13:15:29+00:00

Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens

fs/exec.c: make do_coredump() void

2009-01-06T23:59:29+00:00

No one cares do_coredump()'s return value, and also it seems that it
is also not necessary. So make it void.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes]
Signed-off-by: WANG Cong 
Cc: Alexander Viro 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

do_coredump(): check return from argv_split()

2009-01-06T23:59:14+00:00

do_coredump() accesses helper_argv[0] without checking helper_argv !=
NULL.  This can happen if page allocation failed.

Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

fs/exec.c:__bprm_mm_init(): clean up error handling

2009-01-06T23:59:11+00:00

Untangle the error unwinding in this function, saving a test of local
variable `vma'.

Signed-off-by: Luiz Fernando N. Capitulino 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

sys_execve and sys_uselib do not call into fsnotify

2009-01-05T16:54:28+00:00

sys_execve and sys_uselib do not call into fsnotify so inotify does not get
open events for these types of syscalls.  This patch simply makes the
requisite fsnotify calls.

Signed-off-by: Eric Paris 
Signed-off-by: Al Viro

get rid of special-casing the /sbin/loader on alpha

2009-01-03T19:45:54+00:00

... just make it a binfmt handler like #! one.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

kill vfs_permission

2008-12-31T23:07:41+00:00

With all the nameidata removal there's no point anymore for this helper.
Of the three callers left two will go away with the next lookup series
anyway.

Also add proper kerneldoc to inode_permission as this is the main
permission check routine now.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig 
Signed-off-by: Al Viro

Merge branch 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

2008-12-31T00:16:21+00:00

* 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
  hrtimers: fix warning in kernel/hrtimer.c
  x86: make sure we really have an hpet mapping before using it
  x86: enable HPET on Fujitsu u9200
  linux/timex.h: cleanup for userspace
  posix-timers: simplify de_thread()->exit_itimers() path
  posix-timers: check ->it_signal instead of ->it_pid to validate the timer
  posix-timers: use "struct pid*" instead of "struct task_struct*"
  nohz: suppress needless timer reprogramming
  clocksource, acpi_pm.c: put acpi_pm_read_slow() under CONFIG_PCI
  nohz: no softirq pending warnings for offline cpus
  hrtimer: removing all ur callback modes, fix
  hrtimer: removing all ur callback modes, fix hotplug
  hrtimer: removing all ur callback modes
  x86: correct link to HPET timer specification
  rtc-cmos: export second NVRAM bank

Fixed up conflicts in sound/drivers/pcsp/pcsp.c and sound/core/hrtimer.c
manually.

Merge branch 'next' into for-linus

2008-12-25T00:40:09+00:00

posix-timers: simplify de_thread()->exit_itimers() path

2008-12-12T16:01:03+00:00

Impact: simplify code

de_thread() postpones release_task(leader) until after exit_itimers().
This was needed because !SIGEV_THREAD_ID timers could use ->group_leader
without get_task_struct(). With the recent changes we can release the
leader earlier and simplify the code.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner