Messages in this thread | | | From | David Woodhouse <> | Subject | Re: AUDIT of 2.5.15 copy_to/from_user | Date | Sun, 19 May 2002 19:02:27 +0100 |
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alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk said: > > > After that we always use __copy_from_user() and we trust it not to fail. > > This is correct
> The only check done in access_ok on x86 is the 0xC0000000->0xFFFFFFFF > check with isnt affected by remappings.
Right.... so trusting __copy_to_user() not to fail doesn't seem particularly correct.
-- dwmw2
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