linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/9] Known exploit detection

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Message-ID: <20131213014437.GA27108@redhat.com>
Date:	Thu, 12 Dec 2013 20:44:37 -0500
From:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
	vegard.nossum@...cle.com, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Tommi Rantala <tt.rantala@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>,
	Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
	James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9] Known exploit detection

On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 05:42:20PM -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:

 > I really don't like this, it means that our normal error handling for
 > userspace data will suddenly all have CVE entries on them over time.
 > How is that helpful to anyone?
 > 
 > Think ahead in 10-20 years, what is the code paths going to look like
 > then?  Horrible...

consider it incentive not to add any new CVEs :)

	Dave

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