From: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org,
Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>,
Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>,
Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>,
Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@chromium.org>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Tycho Andersen <tycho@tycho.pizza>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] vsprintf: Don't leak pointers
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2026 17:28:25 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aocdGcA6TYe5ascV@pathway.suse.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260814125647.3e10a3441ca204855b135a5e@linux-foundation.org>
On Fri 2026-08-14 12:56:47, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:48:52 +0200 Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> wrote:
>
> > It is possible to leak pointers via %ps without KALLSYMS enabled.
> > With KALLSYMS pointers can be leaked if they can not be resolved.
> >
> > The tiny series has two patches, one for each issue.
> >
>
> Thanks.
>
> fwiw, Sashiko flagged a few possible issues:
> https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260814144854.746840-1-bigeasy@linutronix.de
Sashiko basically complains about that this might make
dump_stack(), panics, and oopses useless on systems without KALLSYMS
which is typical on embedded systems.
IMHO, it is a good point. What about using default_pointer() resp. %p
as the fallback? It would allow to see the pointers with
"no_hash_pointers" kernel parameter.
Best Regards,
Petr
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-20 15:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-14 14:48 [PATCH 0/2] vsprintf: Don't leak pointers Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2026-08-14 14:48 ` [PATCH 1/2] vsprintf: Don't leak pointers for %ps without KALLSYMS enabled Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2026-08-15 8:58 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-08-20 14:24 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2026-08-20 15:40 ` Petr Mladek
2026-08-14 14:48 ` [PATCH 2/2] kallsyms: Don't leak pointers for unresolved symbols Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2026-08-14 19:08 ` Bradley Morgan
2026-08-14 19:56 ` [PATCH 0/2] vsprintf: Don't leak pointers Andrew Morton
2026-08-20 15:28 ` Petr Mladek [this message]
2026-08-20 15:35 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
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