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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c9
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
index 8f64abe699f..d5904eef1d3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -1055,10 +1055,17 @@ static int putreg32(struct task_struct *child, unsigned regno, u32 value)
R32(esi, si);
R32(ebp, bp);
R32(eax, ax);
- R32(orig_eax, orig_ax);
R32(eip, ip);
R32(esp, sp);
+ case offsetof(struct user32, regs.orig_eax):
+ /*
+ * Sign-extend the value so that orig_eax = -1
+ * causes (long)orig_ax < 0 tests to fire correctly.
+ */
+ regs->orig_ax = (long) (s32) value;
+ break;
+
case offsetof(struct user32, regs.eflags):
return set_flags(child, value);