linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drm/i915: restrict kernel address leak in debugfs

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Date:	Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:18:21 +0100
From:	Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>
To:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>,
	David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/i915: restrict kernel address leak in debugfs

On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 12:25:19PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> Masks kernel address info-leak in object dumps with the %pK suffix,
> so they cannot be used to target kernel memory corruption attacks if
> the kptr_restrict sysctl is set.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Picked up for -fixes, thanks for the patch.
-Daniel
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