linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv3 5/8] x86/uaccess: Provide untagged_addr() and remove tags before address check

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Date:   Thu, 16 Jun 2022 11:34:14 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     "Edgecombe, Rick P" <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>
Cc:     "kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        "Lutomirski, Andy" <luto@...nel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 5/8] x86/uaccess: Provide untagged_addr() and remove
 tags before address check

On Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 05:36:43PM +0000, Edgecombe, Rick P wrote:

> Is this special kernel address handling only needed because
> copy_to_kernel_nofault(), etc call the user helpers?

It is to make absolutely sure we don't need to go audit everything, if
code is correct without untag_pointer() it will still be correct with it
on.

Also avoids future bugs due to being robust in general.