5a07168d8d
The futex code requires that the user space addresses of futexes are 32bit
aligned. sys_futex() checks this in futex_get_keys() but the robust list
code has no alignment check in place.
As a consequence the kernel crashes on architectures with strict alignment
requirements in handle_futex_death() when trying to cmpxchg() on an
unaligned futex address which was retrieved from the robust list.
[ tglx: Rewrote changelog, proper sizeof() based alignement check and add
comment ]
Fixes: 0771dfefc9 ("[PATCH] lightweight robust futexes: core")
Signed-off-by: Chen Jie <chenjie6@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: <dvhart@infradead.org>
Cc: <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: <zengweilin@huawei.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1552621478-119787-1-git-send-email-chenjie6@huawei.com
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.