Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 12 Sep 2020 00:55:03 -0700 | From | Kees Cook <> | Subject | Re: [RESEND][RFC PATCH 0/6] Fork brute force attack mitigation (fbfam) |
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On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 04:48:06PM +0200, John Wood wrote: > In other words, a late reply to this serie comments is not a lack of > interest. Moreover, I think it would be better that I try to understand and > to implement your ideas before anything else.
Understood! :)
> My original patch serie is composed of 9 patches, so the 3 lasts are lost. > Kees: Have you removed them for some reason? Can you send them for review? > > security/fbfam: Add two new prctls to enable and disable the fbfam feature > https://github.com/johwood/linux/commit/8a36399847213e7eb7b45b853568a53666bd0083 > > Documentation/security: Add documentation for the fbfam feature > https://github.com/johwood/linux/commit/fb46804541f5c0915f3f48acefbe6dc998815609 > > MAINTAINERS: Add a new entry for the fbfam feature > https://github.com/johwood/linux/commit/4303bc8935334136c6ef47b5e50b87cd2c472c1f
Oh, hm, I'm not sure where they went. I think they were missing from my inbox when I saved your series from email. An oversight on my part; apologies!
> Is there a problem if I ask for some guidance (replying to this thread) > during the process to do my second patch series?
Please feel free! I'm happy to help. :)
> My goal is to learn as much as possible doing something useful for the > linux kernel.
Sounds good; thanks!
-- Kees Cook
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