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Re: [PATCH] x86/mpx: Fix off-by-one comparison with nr_registers

From Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH] x86/mpx: Fix off-by-one comparison with nr_registers
Date 2016-02-26 20:20 +0100
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On 02/26/2016 10:55 AM, Colin King wrote:
> In the unlikely event that regno == nr_registers then we get an array
> overrun on regoff because the invalid register check is currently
> off-by-one. Fix this with a check that regno is >= nr_registers instead.
> 
> Detected with static analysis using CoverityScan.

Oh, the irony of an overrun in the MPX code!  Thanks for catching this.

Acked-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>

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[PATCH] x86/mpx: Fix off-by-one comparison with nr_registers Colin King <colin.king@canonical.com> - 2016-02-26 20:00 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] x86/mpx: Fix off-by-one comparison with nr_registers Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> - 2016-02-26 20:20 +0100
  [tip:x86/urgent] x86/mpx: Fix off-by-one comparison with  nr_registers tip-bot for Colin Ian King <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2016-02-26 22:20 +0100

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