the syscall function takes a void* parameter then does a copy from user space into the kernel using the wrong target type/sizeof. i think it works because the i

the syscall function takes a void* parameter then does a copy from user space into the kernel using the wrong target type/sizeof. i think it works because the incorrect type was a superset of the correct type. i don't think any static analyser could catch this. proposed patch here: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=256997&action=diff https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=256997&action=...