Re: [PATCH v3] m68k: Fix kernel_clone_args.flags in m68k_clone()

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Sun, Aug 11, 2024 at 2:13 AM Finn Thain <fthain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Stan Johnson recently reported a failure from the 'dump' command:
>
>   DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Fri Aug  9 23:37:15 2024
>   DUMP: Dumping /dev/sda (an unlisted file system) to /dev/null
>   DUMP: Label: none
>   DUMP: Writing 10 Kilobyte records
>   DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files]
>   DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories]
>   DUMP: estimated 3595695 blocks.
>   DUMP: Context save fork fails in parent 671
>
> The dump program uses the clone syscall with the CLONE_IO flag, that is,
> flags == 0x80000000. When that value is promoted from long int to u64 by
> m68k_clone(), it undergoes sign-extension. The new value includes
> CLONE_INTO_CGROUP so the validation in cgroup_css_set_fork() fails and
> the syscall returns -EBADF. Avoid sign-extension by casting to u32.
>
> Cc: Stan Johnson <userm57@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Stan Johnson <userm57@xxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://lists.debian.org/debian-68k/2024/08/msg00000.html
> Fixes: 6aabc1facdb2 ("m68k: Implement copy_thread_tls()")
> Signed-off-by: Finn Thain <fthain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changed since v1:
>  - Cast to u32 instead of using lower_32_bits() as suggested by Geert.
> Changed since v2:
>  - Commit log ammended with -EBADF instead of -EBADFD.

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
i.e. will queue in the m68k tree for v6.12.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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