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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/2 v2] kprobe: Do not use uaccess functions to access kernel memory that can fault
On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 9:49 AM Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote:
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> From: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com>
>
> The userspace can ask kprobe to intercept strings at any memory address,
> including invalid kernel address.

Again, this is not about a "kernel address" at all.

It's neither a kernel address _nor_ a user address. It's an invalid
address entirely, and there is nothing that makes it "kernel".

Please don't talk about "invalid kernel addresses" when it is no such thing.

Linus

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