Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 19 Aug 2016 10:46:20 -0700 | From | "Paul E. McKenney" <> | Subject | Re: [kernel-hardening] [PATCH v3 0/5] bug: Provide toggle for BUG on data corruption |
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On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 10:53:18PM -0400, Rik van Riel wrote: > On Thu, 2016-08-18 at 13:57 -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 01:42:55PM -0400, Rik van Riel wrote: > > > On Wed, 2016-08-17 at 14:42 -0700, Kees Cook wrote: > > > > This adds CONFIG_BUG_ON_DATA_CORRUPTION to trigger BUG()s when > > > > the > > > > kernel > > > > encounters unexpected data structure integrity as currently > > > > detected > > > > with CONFIG_DEBUG_LIST. > > > >=20 > > > > Specifically list operations have been a target for widening > > > > flaws to > > > > gain > > > > "write anywhere" primitives for attackers, so this also > > > > consolidates > > > > the > > > > debug checking to avoid code and check duplication (e.g. RCU list > > > > debug > > > > was missing a check that got added to regular list debug). It > > > > also > > > > stops > > > > manipulations when corruption is detected, since worsening the > > > > corruption > > > > makes no sense. (Really, everyone should build with > > > > CONFIG_DEBUG_LIST > > > > since the checks are so inexpensive.) > > > >=20 > > > > This is mostly a refactoring of similar code from PaX and > > > > Grsecurity, > > > > along with MSM kernel changes by Syed Rameez Mustafa. > > > >=20 > > > > Along with the patches is a new lkdtm test to validate that > > > > setting > > > > CONFIG_DEBUG_LIST actually does what is desired. > > >=20 > > > Series looks good to me, too. > >=20 > > Reviewed-by?=C2=A0=C2=A0Acked-by?=C2=A0=C2=A0Ephemeral accolades?=C2=A0= > =C2=A0;-) > > Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com> > > works, but I saw you already committed the series to > your tree, and was not sure you would add more reviews :)
Well, there is at least one more rebase for topic branches. ;-)
Thanx, Paul
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