Code: SYSCALL_DEFINE2(osf_getdomainname, char __user *, name, int, namelen)
{
	unsigned len;
	int i;

	if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, name, namelen))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
 	len = namelen;
	if (namelen > 32)
 		len = 32;
 
 	down_read(&uts_sem);
	for (i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
		__put_user(utsname()->domainname[i], name + i);
		if (utsname()->domainname[i] == '\0')
			break;
	}
	up_read(&uts_sem);

	return 0;
}

Vulnerability Type: +Priv 
CWE ID: CWE-264
Summary: The osf_wait4 function in arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.4 on the Alpha platform uses an incorrect pointer, which allows local users to gain privileges by writing a certain integer value to kernel memory.
Commit Message: alpha: fix several security issues

Fix several security issues in Alpha-specific syscalls.  Untested, but
mostly trivial.

1. Signedness issue in osf_getdomainname allows copying out-of-bounds
kernel memory to userland.

2. Signedness issue in osf_sysinfo allows copying large amounts of
kernel memory to userland.

3. Typo (?) in osf_getsysinfo bounds minimum instead of maximum copy
size, allowing copying large amounts of kernel memory to userland.

4. Usage of user pointer in osf_wait4 while under KERNEL_DS allows
privilege escalation via writing return value of sys_wait4 to kernel
memory.

Signed-off-by: Dan Rosenberg <drosenberg@vsecurity.com>
Cc: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>
Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru>
Cc: Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>