Messages in this thread | | | From | Kees Cook <> | Date | Tue, 28 Feb 2017 16:11:46 -0800 | Subject | Re: [kernel-hardening] Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Add ability to find bad uses of vsprintf %p<foo> extensions |
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On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 4:06 PM, Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote: > On Mon, 27 Feb 2017 12:54:55 -0800 Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote: > >> %pK was at least once misused at %pk in an out-of-tree module. >> This lead to some security concerns. Add the ability to track >> single and multiple line statements for misuses of %p<foo>. > > Should we also do this?
Ah yes, good idea. Maybe "...when adding/removing new conversion..." ?
-Kees
> > --- a/lib/vsprintf.c~checkpatch-add-ability-to-find-bad-uses-of-vsprintf-%pfoo-extensions-fix > +++ a/lib/vsprintf.c > @@ -1477,6 +1477,9 @@ int kptr_restrict __read_mostly; > * by an extra set of alphanumeric characters that are extended format > * specifiers. > * > + * Please update scripts/checkpatch.pl when adding new conversion characters. > + * (search for "check for vsprintf extension"). > + * > * Right now we handle: > * > * - 'F' For symbolic function descriptor pointers with offset > _ >
-- Kees Cook Pixel Security
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