Re: AUDIT: copy_from_user is a deathtrap.

Rusty Russell
2002-05-17T09:46:22Z

In message <20020517.022148.48851839.davem@redhat.com> you write:
> From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
> Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 19:27:54 +1000
>
> There are 415 uses of copy_to/from_user which are wrong, despite an
> audit 12 months ago by the Stanford checker.
>
> I would much rather fix these instances than add yet another
> interface.

I'll accept that if someone's volunteering to audit the kernel for
them every six months.

Sorry I wasn't clear: I'm saying *replace*, not add,
Rusty.
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