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-rw-r--r--fs/proc/kcore.c18
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/fs/proc/kcore.c b/fs/proc/kcore.c
index 4bc85cb8be6a..e8a93bc8285d 100644
--- a/fs/proc/kcore.c
+++ b/fs/proc/kcore.c
@@ -512,23 +512,15 @@ read_kcore(struct file *file, char __user *buffer, size_t buflen, loff_t *fpos)
return -EFAULT;
} else {
if (kern_addr_valid(start)) {
- unsigned long n;
-
/*
* Using bounce buffer to bypass the
* hardened user copy kernel text checks.
*/
- memcpy(buf, (char *) start, tsz);
- n = copy_to_user(buffer, buf, tsz);
- /*
- * We cannot distinguish between fault on source
- * and fault on destination. When this happens
- * we clear too and hope it will trigger the
- * EFAULT again.
- */
- if (n) {
- if (clear_user(buffer + tsz - n,
- n))
+ if (probe_kernel_read(buf, (void *) start, tsz)) {
+ if (clear_user(buffer, tsz))
+ return -EFAULT;
+ } else {
+ if (copy_to_user(buffer, buf, tsz))
return -EFAULT;
}
} else {