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Subject[PATCH] fix mmap random address range on x86 (try2)
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On x86 casting the unsigned int result of get_random_int() to long
may result in a negative value. On x86 the range of mmap_rnd()
therefore was -255 to 255. The 32bit mode on x86_64 used 0 to 255 as
intended.

The bug was introduced by commit 675a081 in January 2008.

Signed-off-by: Ludwig Nussel <ludwig.nussel@suse.de>
---
arch/x86/mm/mmap.c | 4 ++--
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/mmap.c b/arch/x86/mm/mmap.c
index 1dab519..f927429 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/mmap.c
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ static unsigned long mmap_rnd(void)
*/
if (current->flags & PF_RANDOMIZE) {
if (mmap_is_ia32())
- rnd = (long)get_random_int() % (1<<8);
+ rnd = get_random_int() % (1<<8);
else
- rnd = (long)(get_random_int() % (1<<28));
+ rnd = get_random_int() % (1<<28);
}
return rnd << PAGE_SHIFT;
}
--
1.7.3.4


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