linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 08/18] stackleak: don't modify ctl

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Message-ID: <202312041414.441475830B@keescook>
Date:   Mon, 4 Dec 2023 14:14:51 -0800
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
Cc:     "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
        Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Iurii Zaikin <yzaikin@...gle.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Joel Granados <j.granados@...sung.com>,
        linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 08/18] stackleak: don't modify ctl_table argument

On Mon, Dec 04, 2023 at 08:52:21AM +0100, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> In a future commit the proc_handlers will change to
> "const struct ctl_table".
> As a preparation for that adapt the logic to work with a temporary
> variable, similar to how it is done in other parts of the kernel.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>

Looks good -- thanks for catching the table-modification cases.

Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

-- 
Kees Cook