[PATCH 4.4 2/2] [PATCH 2/2] Revert "fix minor infoleak in get_user_ex()"

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Mon Oct 31 2016 - 13:56:24 EST


4.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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This reverts commit 9d25c78ec01c402dc56272693c44ef9d72ecdd2e which is
1c109fabbd51863475cd12ac206bdd249aee35af upstream

Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h | 6 +-----
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -394,11 +394,7 @@ do { \
#define __get_user_asm_ex(x, addr, itype, rtype, ltype) \
asm volatile("1: mov"itype" %1,%"rtype"0\n" \
"2:\n" \
- ".section .fixup,\"ax\"\n" \
- "3:xor"itype" %"rtype"0,%"rtype"0\n" \
- " jmp 2b\n" \
- ".previous\n" \
- _ASM_EXTABLE_EX(1b, 3b) \
+ _ASM_EXTABLE_EX(1b, 2b) \
: ltype(x) : "m" (__m(addr)))

#define __put_user_nocheck(x, ptr, size) \