Bug 90276

Summary:	Some drivers are missing a copy_from_user() function call
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Arjan van de Ven <arjanv>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Description Arjan van de Ven 2003-05-06 12:10:28 UTC

Description of problem: 
 
The stanford checker has found several cases where userspace pointers are dereferenced 
directly instead of going via copy_from_user. 
Drivers include the sx (serial) driver and the zoran video capture driver

Comment 1 Arjan van de Ven 2003-05-14 18:09:58 UTC

An errata has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. 
This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen 
this bug report if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-172.html