ptrace: Use copy_siginfo in setsiginfo and getsiginfo

Now that copy_siginfo copies all of the fields this is safe, safer (as all of the bits are guaranteed to be copied), clearer, and less error prone than using a structure copy. Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <[email protected]>
vieko · Jan 16, 2018 · 0752d7b · 0752d7b
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commit 0752d7b
Showing 1 changed file with 2 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ static int ptrace_getsiginfo(struct task_struct *child, siginfo_t *info)
 	if (lock_task_sighand(child, &flags)) {
 		error = -EINVAL;
 		if (likely(child->last_siginfo != NULL)) {
-			*info = *child->last_siginfo;
+			copy_siginfo(info, child->last_siginfo);
 			error = 0;
 		}
 		unlock_task_sighand(child, &flags);
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ static int ptrace_setsiginfo(struct task_struct *child, const siginfo_t *info)
 	if (lock_task_sighand(child, &flags)) {
 		error = -EINVAL;
 		if (likely(child->last_siginfo != NULL)) {
-			*child->last_siginfo = *info;
+			copy_siginfo(child->last_siginfo, info);
 			error = 0;
 		}
 		unlock_task_sighand(child, &flags);