linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] lib: asn1_decoder

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <1963.1462974837@warthog.procyon.org.uk>
Date:	Wed, 11 May 2016 14:53:57 +0100
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Tudor Ambarus <tudor-dan.ambarus@....com>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lib: asn1_decoder - add MODULE_LICENSE("GPL")

Tudor Ambarus <tudor-dan.ambarus@....com> wrote:

> A kernel taint results when loading the rsa_generic module:
> 
> root@(none):~# modprobe rsa_generic
> asn1_decoder: module license 'unspecified' taints kernel.
> Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
> 
> "Tainting" of the kernel is (usually) a way of indicating that
> a proprietary module has been inserted, which is not the case here.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tudor Ambarus <tudor-dan.ambarus@....com>

Applied.