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  1. Mar 03, 2009
    • Roland McGrath's avatar
      x86-64: syscall-audit: fix 32/64 syscall hole · ccbe495c
      Roland McGrath authored
      
      
      On x86-64, a 32-bit process (TIF_IA32) can switch to 64-bit mode with
      ljmp, and then use the "syscall" instruction to make a 64-bit system
      call.  A 64-bit process make a 32-bit system call with int $0x80.
      
      In both these cases, audit_syscall_entry() will use the wrong system
      call number table and the wrong system call argument registers.  This
      could be used to circumvent a syscall audit configuration that filters
      based on the syscall numbers or argument details.
      
      Signed-off-by: default avatarRoland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
      ccbe495c
  2. Feb 28, 2009