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    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>
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