linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH 0/2]: ARM: Enable THREAD_INFO_IN

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Date:   Thu, 2 Sep 2021 09:07:42 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Keith Packard <keithp@...thp.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Abbott Liu <liuwenliang@...wei.com>,
        Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@...il.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2]: ARM: Enable THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK

On Thu, Sep 02, 2021 at 08:54:26AM -0700, Keith Packard wrote:
> Placing thread_info in the kernel stack leaves it vulnerable to stack
> overflow attacks. This short series addresses that by using the
> existing THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK infrastructure.

Very cool! Thanks for working on this. If you want, you can refer to the
KSPP bug for this too:
https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/1

(Anyone want to do MIPS?)

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook