linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kptr_restrict for hiding kernel pointers from unprivileged users

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Date:	Thu, 09 Dec 2010 14:30:20 +0100
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Dan Rosenberg <drosenberg@...curity.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kptr_restrict for hiding kernel pointers from
 unprivileged users

Le jeudi 09 décembre 2010 à 07:46 -0500, Dan Rosenberg a écrit :
> > > So caller can not block BH ?
> > > 
> > > This seems wrong to me, please consider :
> > > 
> > > normal process context :
> > > 
> > > spin_lock_bh() ...
> > > 
> > > for (...)  
> > > 	{xxx}printf( ...   "%pK"   ...)
> > > 
> > > spin_unlock_bh();
> > > 
> > 
> > I will think about this and address it.
> 
> Would you be happier if I omitted the in_interrupt() check entirely?
> 

Well, it seems difficult to make a check here, its a generic function
that happens to be used from different contexts.

Even using in_irq() might be a problem.



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