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SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/4] add ksm kernel shared memory driver.
> +	r = !memcmp(old_digest, sha1_item->sha1val, SHA1_DIGEST_SIZE);
> + mutex_unlock(&sha1_lock);
> + if (r) {
> + char *old_addr, *new_addr;
> + old_addr = kmap_atomic(oldpage, KM_USER0);
> + new_addr = kmap_atomic(newpage, KM_USER1);
> + r = !memcmp(old_addr+PAGEHASH_LEN, new_addr+PAGEHASH_LEN,
> + PAGE_SIZE-PAGEHASH_LEN);

NAK - this isn't guaranteed to be robust so you could end up merging
different pages one provided by a malicious attacker.


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