linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/23] binfmt_elf,arch/*: Use elf.h for coredump note names

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Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2025 22:37:11 -0700
From: Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>
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	Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@....com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/23] binfmt_elf,arch/*: Use elf.h for coredump note names

On Tue, 01 Jul 2025 14:55:53 +0100, Dave Martin wrote:
> This series aims to clean up an aspect of coredump generation:
> 
> ELF coredumps contain a set of notes describing the state of machine
> registers and other information about the dumped process.
> 
> Notes are identified by a numeric identifier n_type and a "name"
> string, although this terminology is somewhat misleading.  Officially,
> the "name" of a note is really an "originator" or namespace identifier
> that indicates how to interpret n_type [1], although in practice it is
> often used more loosely.
> 
> [...]

Applied to for-next/execve, thanks!

[01/23] regset: Fix kerneldoc for struct regset_get() in user_regset
        https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/6fd9e1aa0784
[02/23] regset: Add explicit core note name in struct user_regset
        https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/85a7f9cbf8a8
[03/23] binfmt_elf: Dump non-arch notes with strictly matching name and type
        https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/9674a1be4dd5
[04/23] ARC: ptrace: Use USER_REGSET_NOTE_TYPE() to specify regset note names
        https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/237dc8d79627
[05/23] ARM: ptrace: Use USER_REGSET_NOTE_TYPE() to specify regset note names
        https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/49b849d11cd1
[06/23] arm64: ptrace: Use USER_REGSET_NOTE_TYPE() to specify regset note names
        https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/87b0d081dc98
[07/23] csky: ptrace: Use USER_REGSET_NOTE_TYPE() to specify regset note names
        https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/2c2fb861fc59
[08/23] hexagon: ptrace: Use USER_REGSET_NOTE_TYPE() to specify regset note names
        https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/55821111b1b3
[09/23] LoongArch: ptrace: Use USER_REGSET_NOTE_TYPE() to specify regset note names
        https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/1260e3b13584
[10/23] m68k: ptrace: Use USER_REGSET_NOTE_TYPE() to specify regset note names
        https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/e572168e8d2a
[11/23] MIPS: ptrace: Use USER_REGSET_NOTE_TYPE() to specify regset note names
        https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/18bd88faa246
[12/23] nios2: ptrace: Use USER_REGSET_NOTE_TYPE() to specify regset note names
        https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/8368cd0e4636
[13/23] openrisc: ptrace: Use USER_REGSET_NOTE_TYPE() to specify regset note names
        https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/10cd957a895f
[14/23] parisc: ptrace: Use USER_REGSET_NOTE_TYPE() to specify regset note names
        https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/92acdd819b5d
[15/23] powerpc/ptrace: Use USER_REGSET_NOTE_TYPE() to specify regset note names
        https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/307035acefbd
[16/23] riscv: ptrace: Use USER_REGSET_NOTE_TYPE() to specify regset note names
        https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/c9502cc7bef5
[17/23] s390/ptrace: Use USER_REGSET_NOTE_TYPE() to specify regset note names
        https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/d6a883cb40fc
[18/23] sh: ptrace: Use USER_REGSET_NOTE_TYPE() to specify regset note names
        https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/afe74eecd88f
[19/23] sparc: ptrace: Use USER_REGSET_NOTE_TYPE() to specify regset note names
        https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/c9d4cb25e94e
[20/23] x86/ptrace: Use USER_REGSET_NOTE_TYPE() to specify regset note names
        https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/3de0414dec7b
[21/23] um: ptrace: Use USER_REGSET_NOTE_TYPE() to specify regset note names
        https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/40d3a88594b5
[22/23] xtensa: ptrace: Use USER_REGSET_NOTE_TYPE() to specify regset note names
        https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/cb32fb722f4b
[23/23] binfmt_elf: Warn on missing or suspicious regset note names
        https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/a55128d392e8

Take care,

-- 
Kees Cook