1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c
index 45956c9d0ef0..80abafb9bf33 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ static int ptrace_read_user(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long off,
 {
         unsigned long tmp;
 
-        if (off & 3 || off >= sizeof(struct user))
+        if (off & 3)
                 return -EIO;
 
         tmp = 0;
@@ -268,6 +268,8 @@ static int ptrace_read_user(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long off,
                 tmp = tsk->mm->end_code;
         else if (off < sizeof(struct pt_regs))
                 tmp = get_user_reg(tsk, off >> 2);
+        else if (off >= sizeof(struct user))
+                return -EIO;
 
         return put_user(tmp, ret);
 }