linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] fs/proc: Don't expose absolute kernel addresses via wchan

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Date:	Wed, 30 Sep 2015 23:38:15 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
	Andrey Ryabinin <ryabinin.a.a@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
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	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] fs/proc: Don't expose absolute kernel addresses via
 wchan

On Wed, 30 Sep 2015, Kees Cook wrote:
> Probably should also update Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt with
> something like:
> 
> --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
> @@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ Table 1-4: Contents of the stat files (as of 2.6.30-rc7)
>    blocked       bitmap of blocked signals
>    sigign        bitmap of ignored signals
>    sigcatch      bitmap of caught signals
> -  wchan         address where process went to sleep
> +  0             (place holder, was wchan, see /proc/PID/wchan instead)
>    0             (place holder)
>    0             (place holder)
>    exit_signal   signal to send to parent thread on exit

Good catch!

Thanks,

	tglx
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