From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
To: Mary Strodl <mstrodl@freedom.csh.rit.edu>
Cc: Christian Gmeiner <christian.gmeiner@gmail.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
Mary Strodl <mstrodl@csh.rit.edu>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, urezki@gmail.com,
linux-mm@kvack.org, lee@kernel.org, andi.shyti@kernel.org,
linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org, s.hauer@pengutronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] mm: vmalloc: export __vmalloc_node_range
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2024 13:42:40 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZppfQFdwYq-bf9Wv@casper.infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZppU8FhsFd9cB-Fi@freedom.csh.rit.edu>
On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 07:58:40AM -0400, Mary Strodl wrote:
> Maybe some of the stuff the driver does right now could be moved into
> vmalloc? In other words, we could provide a different function that
> allocates an executable page, copies memory into it, then marks it
> read-only. Would that do better to alleviate concerns?
No. We are not running arbitrary x86 code. That is a security
nightmare.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-07-19 12:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-07-18 1:15 [PATCH 0/3] Add support for Congatec CGEB BIOS interface Mary Strodl
2024-07-18 1:15 ` [PATCH 1/3] mm: vmalloc: export __vmalloc_node_range Mary Strodl
2024-07-18 2:53 ` Andrew Morton
2024-07-18 12:29 ` Mary Strodl
2024-07-18 3:04 ` Christoph Hellwig
2024-07-18 12:40 ` Mary Strodl
2024-07-18 12:45 ` Matthew Wilcox
2024-07-18 12:49 ` Christoph Hellwig
2024-07-18 12:53 ` Matthew Wilcox
2024-07-18 13:20 ` Mary Strodl
2024-07-18 21:31 ` Andrew Morton
2024-07-18 21:35 ` Matthew Wilcox
2024-07-18 21:39 ` Andrew Morton
2024-07-19 6:41 ` Christian Gmeiner
2024-07-19 11:58 ` Mary Strodl
2024-07-19 12:42 ` Matthew Wilcox [this message]
2024-07-24 0:00 ` Andrew Morton
2024-07-24 0:16 ` Matthew Wilcox
2024-07-24 1:36 ` Christoph Hellwig
2024-07-19 19:59 ` Rudolf Marek
2024-07-22 14:54 ` Mary Strodl
2024-07-18 1:15 ` [PATCH 2/3] x86: Add basic support for the Congatec CGEB BIOS interface Mary Strodl
2024-07-18 3:56 ` kernel test robot
2024-07-18 14:01 ` kernel test robot
2024-07-18 1:15 ` [PATCH 3/3] i2c: Add Congatec CGEB I2C driver Mary Strodl
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