[kernel-hardening] Re: [PATCH v2] printk: hash addresses printed with %p

[Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>]

On Tue, 2017-10-17 at 15:52 +1100, Tobin C. Harding wrote:
> Currently there are many places in the kernel where addresses are being
> printed using an unadorned %p. Kernel pointers should be printed using
> %pK allowing some control via the kptr_restrict sysctl. Exposing addresses
> gives attackers sensitive information about the kernel layout in memory.
> 
> We can reduce the attack surface by hashing all addresses printed with
> %p. This will of course break some users, forcing code printing needed
> addresses to be updated.
> 
> For what it's worth, usage of unadorned %p can be broken down as follows
> 
>     git grep '%p[^KFfSsBRrbMmIiEUVKNhdDgCGO]' | wc -l

Not really.
There are many asm uses included there

I think a better grep is:

$ git grep -E '%p[^A-Za-z0-9]' | cut -f1 -d"/" | sort | uniq -c
   1084 arch
     20 block
     10 crypto
     32 Documentation
   8121 drivers
   1221 fs
    143 include
    101 kernel
     69 lib
    100 mm
   1510 net
     40 samples
      7 scripts
     11 security
    166 sound
    152 tools
      2 virt

> arch: 2512

arch is especially overestimated.