linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] LSM: add static to security

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Message-ID: <1266585177.31443.17.camel@thorin>
Date:	Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:12:57 +0100
From:	Bernd Petrovitsch <bernd@...rovitsch.priv.at>
To:	wzt wzt <wzt.wzt@...il.com>
Cc:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, sds@...ho.nsa.gov, jmorris@...ei.org,
	eparis@...isplace.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] LSM: add static to security_ops variable

On Fre, 2010-02-19 at 20:23 +0800, wzt wzt wrote:
> > It's not a barrier, it's garbage. Once you know the adress security_ops
> > ended up at, you simply write to it.
> 
> How to find the security_ops address if the variable is static? Would
> you please make an example?
- Find the accessor function (which is surely non-static).
- Find the address where writes the parameter.

Other must decide, if it's more secure (as in "obscure") with the
accessor funtion or not.

	Bernd
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