linux-kernel - Re: [patch 0/2] x86/process: Sanitize bound checks in get

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Date:	Wed, 30 Sep 2015 11:06:20 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrey Ryabinin <ryabinin.a.a@...il.com>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...gle.com>,
	Kostya Serebryany <kcc@...gle.com>,
	Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>,
	kasan-dev <kasan-dev@...glegroups.com>,
	Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
	Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>,
	Wolfram Gloger <wmglo@...t.med.uni-muenchen.de>
Subject: Re: [patch 0/2] x86/process: Sanitize bound checks in get_wchan()
 and unify 32/64 bit

On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 08:38:21AM -0000, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> As reported by several people the bound checks in get_wchan() on x86/64bit
> are wrong.
> 
> The following series addresses that problem and as a consequence
> unifies the needlessly different implementations of 32 and 64 bit.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 	tglx
> 
> ---
>  process.c    |   55 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  process_32.c |   28 ----------------------------
>  process_64.c |   24 ------------------------
>  3 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 52 deletions(-)

Hohumm, looks good to me. Especially the documentation of the stack
layout and why we're doing all that dance.

Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>

Should we CC: stable?

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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