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[mirror_ubuntu-zesty-kernel.git] / mm / usercopy.c

diff --git a/mm/usercopy.c b/mm/usercopy.c
index 089328f2b9209ea3526c6caed032b95adad85d0b..3c8da0af96959387e9bb1d2c0bfe272334344e26 100644 (file)
--- a/mm/usercopy.c
+++ b/mm/usercopy.c
@@ -207,8 +207,11 @@ static inline const char *check_heap_object(const void *ptr, unsigned long n,
         * Some architectures (arm64) return true for virt_addr_valid() on
         * vmalloced addresses. Work around this by checking for vmalloc
         * first.
+        *
+        * We also need to check for module addresses explicitly since we
+        * may copy static data from modules to userspace
         */
-       if (is_vmalloc_addr(ptr))
+       if (is_vmalloc_or_module_addr(ptr))
                return NULL;
 
        if (!virt_addr_valid(ptr))