netdev - [PATCH 0/3] kallsyms: don't leak address

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Date:   Mon, 18 Dec 2017 10:53:29 +1100
From:   "Tobin C. Harding" <me@...in.cc>
To:     kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com
Cc:     "Tobin C. Harding" <me@...in.cc>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Tycho Andersen <tycho@...ho.ws>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 0/3] kallsyms: don't leak address

This set plugs a kernel address leak that occurs if kallsyms symbol
look up fails. This set was prompted by a leaking address found using
scripts/leaking_addresses.pl on a PowerPC machine in the wild.

Patch set does not change behaviour when KALLSYMS is not defined
(suggested by Linus).

RFC has been in flight for 3 weeks with no negative response.

Patch 1 - return error code if symbol look up fails.
Patch 2 - print <no-symbol> to buffer if symbol look up returns an error.
Patch 3 - maintain current behaviour in ftrace.

Patch 3 (the ftrace stuff) is untested.

thanks,
Tobin.

Tobin C. Harding (3):
  kallsyms: don't leak address when symbol not found
  vsprintf: print <no-symbol> if symbol not found
  trace: print address if symbol not found

 include/linux/kernel.h           |  2 ++
 kernel/kallsyms.c                |  6 ++++--
 kernel/trace/trace.h             | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c |  6 +++---
 lib/vsprintf.c                   | 18 +++++++++++++++---
 5 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

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