Re: ccd error with two large components

[mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)]

roland.illig%gmx.de@localhost (Roland Illig) writes:

>That's this line:

>> unit =3D *(const int *)newp;

>I don't know at which point newp is validated; maybe that validation is
>missing in this case, although I'd expect it to be in the common sysctl
>infrastructure code.


newp is valid, it's a userland pointer that gets dereferenced by the
kernel. Without SMAP that probably even worked on x86.