linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] futex: avoid kernel taint caused by get_robust

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Date:	Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:18:29 -0800
From:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] futex: avoid kernel taint caused by get_robust_list

On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 7:54 AM, Paul Gortmaker
<paul.gortmaker@...driver.com> wrote:
> commit ec0c4274e33c0373e476b73e01995c53128f1257 ("futex: Mark
> get_robust_list as deprecated") added these two WARN_ONCE calls.
>
> However, WARN_ONCE taints the kernel, and we shouldn't be allowing
> any user who wanders by to do this.  For example, the system fuzzer
> "trinity" uses the tainted state as a metric for when to stop,
> assuming that it has caused significant wreckage (and indeed
> that tool is what actually led me to this change).
>
> The ability to deprecate this code has been called into question[1],
> but if that remains to be finalized, then making this change in the
> interim seems to make sense.
>
> [1] http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1208.0/01081.html
>
> Cc: Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
> Cc: Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org      # 3.4+
> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>

I Acked the original revert. I thought there was agreement that it was
needed for checkpointing to work?

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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