[patch 071/114] x86-64: syscall-audit: fix 32/64 syscall hole

[Greg KH]

2.6.28-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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From: Roland McGrath <roland@xxxxxxxxxx>

commit ccbe495caa5e604b04d5a31d7459a6f6a76a756c upstream.

On x86-64, a 32-bit process (TIF_IA32) can switch to 64-bit mode with
ljmp, and then use the "syscall" instruction to make a 64-bit system
call.  A 64-bit process make a 32-bit system call with int $0x80.

In both these cases, audit_syscall_entry() will use the wrong system
call number table and the wrong system call argument registers.  This
could be used to circumvent a syscall audit configuration that filters
based on the syscall numbers or argument details.

Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath <roland@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>

---
 arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -1512,7 +1512,7 @@ void send_sigtrap(struct task_struct *ts
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
 # define IS_IA32	1
 #elif defined CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION
-# define IS_IA32	test_thread_flag(TIF_IA32)
+# define IS_IA32	is_compat_task()
 #else
 # define IS_IA32	0
 #endif


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