linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3a] vsprintf: Check real user/group id for %pK

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Message-ID: <1381360911.2050.47.camel@joe-AO722>
Date:	Wed, 09 Oct 2013 16:21:51 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Ryan Mallon <rmallon@...il.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, eldad@...refinery.com,
	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>, jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com,
	Dan Rosenberg <dan.j.rosenberg@...il.com>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	George Spelvin <linux@...izon.com>,
	"kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com" 
	<kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3a] vsprintf: Check real user/group id for %pK

On Thu, 2013-10-10 at 10:18 +1100, Ryan Mallon wrote:
> On 10/10/13 10:09, Joe Perches wrote:
> > Do the in_irq tests only when kptr_restrict is 1.
> > Document the %pK mechanism in vsnprintf
> > Add missing documentation for %pV and %pNF too
> 
> I really did mean post a follow-up/separate patch, not a different
> version of mine.

I think that's not the right thing to do.
There's no good reason to have multiple commits
for the same content.

And almost all of that is actually stuff I wrote.
Your content there is the cred checks.

> > +			cred = current_cred();
> > +			if (!has_capability_noaudit(current, CAP_SYSLOG) ||
> > +			    !uid_eq(cred->euid, cred->uid) ||
> > +			    !gid_eq(cred->egid, cred->gid))


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