From: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
To: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Cc: dhowells@redhat.com, keyrings@linux-nfs.org, marcel@holtmann.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org,
linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org,
linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, dwmw2@infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] ASN.1: Fix handling of CHOICE in ASN.1 compiler
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2015 06:33:36 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8166.1438839216@warthog.procyon.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LRH.2.20.1508061142580.11873@namei.org>
James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> wrote:
> What are the security implications of these bugs?
I've fed them various bits of butchered ASN.1 and observed the effects as well
as checking what happens in the code. I don't think there are any security
implications. I've outlined my reasoning in each patch description.
David
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-08-06 5:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-08-05 13:18 [PATCH 1/4] ASN.1: Fix handling of CHOICE in ASN.1 compiler David Howells
2015-08-05 13:18 ` [PATCH 2/4] ASN.1: Fix actions on CHOICE elements with IMPLICIT tags David Howells
2015-08-05 13:18 ` [PATCH 3/4] ASN.1: Fix non-match detection failure on data overrun David Howells
2015-08-05 13:18 ` [PATCH 4/4] ASN.1: Handle 'ANY OPTIONAL' in grammar David Howells
2015-08-06 1:45 ` [PATCH 1/4] ASN.1: Fix handling of CHOICE in ASN.1 compiler James Morris
2015-08-06 5:33 ` David Howells [this message]
2015-08-07 0:20 ` David Howells
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