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    SubjectRe: [kernel-hardening] [RFC V2 0/6] add more kernel pointer filter options
    On Sun, Oct 01, 2017 at 11:06:44AM +1100, Tobin C. Harding wrote:
    > Version 2 of Greg's patch series with changes made as suggested by comments to V1.
    >
    > Applies on top of Linus' current development tree
    >
    > a8c964eacb21288b2dbfa9d80cee5968a3b8fb21
    >
    > V1 cover letter:
    >
    > Here's a short patch series from Chris Fries and Dave Weinstein that
    > implements some new restrictions when printing out kernel pointers, as
    > well as the ability to whitelist kernel pointers where needed.
    >
    > These patches are based on work from William Roberts, and also are
    > inspired by grsecurity's %pP to specifically whitelist a kernel pointer,
    > where it is always needed, like the last patch in the series shows, in
    > the UIO drivers (UIO requires that you know the address, it's a hardware
    > address, nothing wrong with seeing that...)
    >
    > I haven't done much to this patch series, only forward porting it from
    > an older kernel release (4.4) and a few minor tweaks. [snip]

    Nice! Thanks for doing this work, looks great to me. Care to resend
    the next version as a "real" one (i.e. no RFC)?

    thanks,

    greg k-h

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