linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] printk: introduce kptr

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Date:   Thu, 06 Oct 2016 14:19:48 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:     "Roberts, William C" <william.c.roberts@...el.com>,
        "kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com" 
        <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>,
        "corbet@....net" <corbet@....net>,
        "linux-doc@...r.kernel.org" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] printk: introduce kptr_restrict level 3

On Thu, 2016-10-06 at 14:00 -0700, Kees Cook wrote:

> And based on my read of this thread, we all appear to be in violent
> agreement. :) "always protect %p" is absolutely the goal, and we can
> figure out the best way to get there.

I proposed emitting pointers from the const and text sections by default
and using NULL for data pointers.

https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/8/5/380