linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] samples, selftests/seccomp: Zero out seccomp

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

Date:   Mon, 30 Dec 2019 10:29:44 -0800
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>
Cc:     Sargun Dhillon <sargun@...gun.me>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-api@...r.kernel.org, Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
        Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@...har.com>,
        Tycho Andersen <tycho@...ho.ws>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] samples, selftests/seccomp: Zero out seccomp_notif

On Sun, Dec 29, 2019 at 05:11:28PM +0100, Christian Brauner wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 28, 2019 at 10:24:49PM -0800, Sargun Dhillon wrote:
> > The seccomp_notif structure should be zeroed out prior to calling the
> > SECCOMP_IOCTL_NOTIF_RECV ioctl. Previously, the kernel did not check
> > whether these structures were zeroed out or not, so these worked.
> > 
> > This patch zeroes out the seccomp_notif data structure prior to calling
> > the ioctl.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Sargun Dhillon <sargun@...gun.me>
> > Reviewed-by: Tycho Andersen <tycho@...ho.ws>
> > Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> > Cc: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>
> 
> Thanks!
> Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>

Thanks for this series and the discussion! :) I've applied this to my
tree for Linus.

-- 
Kees Cook