Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 6 Oct 2016 06:56:12 -0700 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] printk: introduce kptr_restrict level 3 |
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On Thu, Oct 06, 2016 at 01:47:47PM +0000, Roberts, William C wrote: > Out of tree modules still affect core kernel security.
So don't use them.
> I would also bet money, that somewhere > In-tree someone has put a %p when they wanted a %pK.
So fix them.
> So this method is just quite error > prone. We currently have a blacklist approach versus whitelist.
Or fix the entire thing, get rid of %pK and always protect %p if you can show that it doesn't break anything.
But stop posting patches with bullshit arguments like out of tree modules.
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