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From: Josh Triplett <josh-iaAMLnmF4UmaiuxdJuQwMA@public.gmane.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 1/1] Documentation: describe how to add a system call
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 12:04:35 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150730190434.GD16452@x> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGXu5j+5KHy68ELU6PmNWaj7mQBXTbRQGXqJFwsXHt9n0LPw8Q-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>

On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 11:21:54AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> I like this, it's a good description of both options. I'm still biased
> about the approach: I prefer flags, since pointers to user structures
> complicate syscall filtering. ;)

Seems like we should do two things to make that easier:

1) Create a standardized kernel mechanism for parameter-struct handling,
   implementing the recommendations mentioned here.
2) Integrate into that mechanism a way to filter the resulting parameter
   struct with BPF *after* it has been copied to kernel space (and thus
   can no longer be tampered with).

- Josh Triplett

  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-07-30 19:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-07-30  7:52 [PATCHv2 0/1] Document how to add a new syscall David Drysdale
2015-07-30  7:52 ` [PATCHv2 1/1] Documentation: describe how to add a system call David Drysdale
2015-07-30  8:38   ` Ingo Molnar
     [not found]     ` <20150730083831.GA22182-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2015-07-30 11:10       ` David Drysdale
2015-07-30 18:21         ` Kees Cook
     [not found]           ` <CAGXu5j+5KHy68ELU6PmNWaj7mQBXTbRQGXqJFwsXHt9n0LPw8Q-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-07-30 19:04             ` Josh Triplett [this message]
2015-07-30 20:03               ` Kees Cook
2015-07-31  1:02                 ` Josh Triplett
2015-07-31  1:03                   ` Josh Triplett
2015-07-31 18:56                   ` Kees Cook
2015-07-31 20:59                     ` josh
2015-07-31 21:19                       ` Andy Lutomirski
     [not found]                         ` <CALCETrUkMXvFRKdTH7ekY7FyGvbKDDJbf7L0shgs5R-Hep6bVA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-07-31 22:08                           ` josh-iaAMLnmF4UmaiuxdJuQwMA
2015-07-31 22:54                             ` Andy Lutomirski
2015-08-01  4:32                               ` Josh Triplett
2015-08-01  4:56                                 ` H. Peter Anvin
     [not found]                                   ` <55BC518E.4010102-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2015-08-01  6:18                                     ` Josh Triplett
2015-08-01  6:28                                       ` H. Peter Anvin
2015-07-30 18:22     ` Josh Triplett
2015-07-30 16:30   ` Cyril Hrubis
2015-07-30 16:45     ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-30 18:50   ` Josh Triplett
2015-07-31  9:48     ` David Drysdale
2015-07-31 13:06       ` Josh Triplett
2015-07-31 14:42         ` David Drysdale

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