linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] lib/vsprintf: Hash remaining raw addresses

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Date:   Thu, 11 Oct 2018 20:01:48 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
Cc:     Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>, "Tobin C . Harding" <me@...in.cc>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] lib/vsprintf: Hash remaining raw addresses

On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 10:42:46AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> 	Hi all,
> 
> There are still two format specifiers that print unhanced kernel
> addresses, potentially leaking sensitive information regarding the
> kernel layout in memory.
> 
> This patch series fixes this by printing hashed addresses instead.

Looks nice!

Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>

>     
> Changes compared to v1:
>   - Get rid of the forward declaration for ptr_to_id(),
>   - Add Reviewed-by.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Geert Uytterhoeven (3):
>   lib/vsprintf: Prepare for more general use of ptr_to_id()
>   lib/vsprintf: Hash legacy clock addresses
>   lib/vsprintf: Hash printed address for netdev bits fallback
> 
>  Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst |   5 +-
>  lib/vsprintf.c                            | 216 +++++++++++-----------
>  2 files changed, 110 insertions(+), 111 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.17.1
> 
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
> 
> 						Geert
> 
> --
> Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@...ux-m68k.org
> 
> In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
> when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
> 							    -- Linus Torvalds

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko