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From: Tycho Andersen <tycho@tycho.pizza>
To: "Thomas Weißschuh" <linux@weissschuh.net>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
	Alexander Popov <alex.popov@linux.com>,
	linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	stable@vger.kernel.org, Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>,
	Joel Granados <j.granados@samsung.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] stackleak: don't modify ctl_table argument
Date: Fri, 3 May 2024 07:58:16 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZjTteMPELxCZTUSw@tycho.pizza> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240503-sysctl-const-stackleak-v1-1-603fecb19170@weissschuh.net>

On Fri, May 03, 2024 at 03:44:09PM +0200, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> Sysctl handlers are not supposed to modify the ctl_table passed to them.
> Adapt the logic to work with a temporary
> variable, similar to how it is done in other parts of the kernel.
> 
> This is also a prerequisite to enforce the immutability of the argument
> through the callbacks prototy.
> 
> Fixes: 964c9dff0091 ("stackleak: Allow runtime disabling of kernel stack erasing")

Reviewed-by: Tycho Andersen <tycho@tycho.pizza>

Tycho

  reply	other threads:[~2024-05-03 13:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-05-03 13:44 [PATCH] stackleak: don't modify ctl_table argument Thomas Weißschuh
2024-05-03 13:58 ` Tycho Andersen [this message]
2024-05-03 17:55 ` Kees Cook
2024-05-03 18:24   ` linux
2024-05-03 19:31 ` Kees Cook
2024-05-03 19:35 ` Kees Cook

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