linux-kernel - Re: [kernel-hardening] [RFC V2 1/6] lib: vsprintf: additional kernel pointer filtering options

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Message-ID: <20171004085542.GA28247@kroah.com>
Date:   Wed, 4 Oct 2017 10:55:42 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     "Tobin C. Harding" <me@...in.cc>
Cc:     Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Ian Campbell <ijc@...lion.org.uk>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
        kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        William Roberts <william.c.roberts@...el.com>,
        Chris Fries <cfries@...gle.com>,
        Dave Weinstein <olorin@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [kernel-hardening] [RFC V2 1/6] lib: vsprintf: additional kernel
 pointer filtering options

On Sun, Oct 01, 2017 at 11:06:45AM +1100, Tobin C. Harding wrote:
> Add the kptr_restrict setting of 3 which results in both
> %p and %pK values being replaced by zeros.
> 
> Add an additional %pP value inspired by the Grsecurity
> option which explicitly whitelists pointers for output.
> 
> Amend scripts/checkpatch.pl to handle %pP.
> 
> This patch is based on work by William Roberts
> <william.c.roberts@...el.com>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <me@...in.cc>

Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>