1 files changed, 44 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 84b59846154a..8b7c8d8e0852 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -176,6 +176,50 @@ static inline unsigned long current_stack_pointer(void)
 	return sp;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Walks up the stack frames to make sure that the specified object is
+ * entirely contained by a single stack frame.
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ *		 1 if within a frame
+ *		-1 if placed across a frame boundary (or outside stack)
+ *		 0 unable to determine (no frame pointers, etc)
+ */
+static inline int arch_within_stack_frames(const void * const stack,
+					   const void * const stackend,
+					   const void *obj, unsigned long len)
+{
+#if defined(CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER)
+	const void *frame = NULL;
+	const void *oldframe;
+
+	oldframe = __builtin_frame_address(1);
+	if (oldframe)
+		frame = __builtin_frame_address(2);
+	/*
+	 * low ----------------------------------------------> high
+	 * [saved bp][saved ip][args][local vars][saved bp][saved ip]
+	 *                     ^----------------^
+	 *               allow copies only within here
+	 */
+	while (stack <= frame && frame < stackend) {
+		/*
+		 * If obj + len extends past the last frame, this
+		 * check won't pass and the next frame will be 0,
+		 * causing us to bail out and correctly report
+		 * the copy as invalid.
+		 */
+		if (obj + len <= frame)
+			return obj >= oldframe + 2 * sizeof(void *) ? 1 : -1;
+		oldframe = frame;
+		frame = *(const void * const *)frame;
+	}
+	return -1;
+#else
+	return 0;
+#endif
+}
+
 #else /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64