staging: vchiq: avoid mixing kernel and user pointers
As found earlier, there is a problem in the create_pagelist() function that takes a pointer argument that either points into vmalloc space or into user space, with the pointer value controlled by user space allowing a malicious user to trick the driver into accessing the kernel instead. Avoid this problem by adding another function argument and passing kernel pointers separately from user pointers. This makes it possible to rely on sparse to point out invalid conversions, and it prevents user space from faking a kernel pointer. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200925114424.2647144-2-arnd@arndb.deSigned-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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