fix Linux kernel ELF core dump privilege elevation As reported by Paul Starzetz Reference: CAN-2005-1263 Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c 2005-05-12 11:18:52.000000000 +0200 +++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c 2005-05-12 11:19:30.000000000 +0200 @@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ } /* Populate argv and envp */ - p = current->mm->arg_start; + p = current->mm->arg_end = current->mm->arg_start; while (argc-- > 0) { size_t len; __put_user((elf_addr_t)p, argv++); @@ -1301,7 +1301,7 @@ static int fill_psinfo(struct elf_prpsinfo *psinfo, struct task_struct *p, struct mm_struct *mm) { - int i, len; + unsigned int i, len; /* first copy the parameters from user space */ memset(psinfo, 0, sizeof(struct elf_prpsinfo));