linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ovl: Fix info leak in ovl_lookup

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Date:   Wed, 21 Sep 2016 16:38:55 +0200
From:   Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        "linux-unionfs@...r.kernel.org" <linux-unionfs@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ovl: Fix info leak in ovl_lookup_temp()

On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 10:36 PM, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 2:45 AM, Richard Weinberger <richard@....at> wrote:
>> The function uses the memory address of a struct dentry as unique id.
>> While the address-based directory entry is only visible to root
>> it is IMHO still worth fixing since the temporary name does not have
>> to be a kernel address. It can be any unique number. Replace it by an
>> atomic integer which is allowed to wrap around.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>

Thanks, applied and pushed to #overlayfs-next.

Thanks,
Miklos