From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-7.0 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,MENTIONS_GIT_HOSTING,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F13D1C433E0 for ; Thu, 14 May 2020 17:31:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mother.openwall.net (mother.openwall.net [195.42.179.200]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3E59F206D8 for ; Thu, 14 May 2020 17:31:11 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=gmx.net header.i=@gmx.net header.b="N1/XdDHF" DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 3E59F206D8 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=gmx.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=kernel-hardening-return-18798-kernel-hardening=archiver.kernel.org@lists.openwall.com Received: (qmail 7934 invoked by uid 550); 14 May 2020 17:31:03 -0000 Mailing-List: contact kernel-hardening-help@lists.openwall.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-ID: Received: (qmail 32575 invoked from network); 14 May 2020 17:21:02 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=gmx.net; s=badeba3b8450; t=1589476851; bh=ikf0Vp4M3S8wf9kpA/SaCsaALn3lIT48+uJW12r/eB4=; h=X-UI-Sender-Class:Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=N1/XdDHFUuFjNYK/Z9QgCbOd99c4TlV6L0iW/fQ2X+Z4ANvRSrVgEIfm3LRe211ZL hWNQ499H2ut35MiUWzDF5ECXI9KKZ2IiOPx6XunpNgk8d9Y47q1Elb3lkAx2Zfu3Fe izfPq4Gn4kAPX3UG7WcIbuQrxlO+Hp3klm9agBWE= X-UI-Sender-Class: 01bb95c1-4bf8-414a-932a-4f6e2808ef9c Date: Thu, 14 May 2020 19:20:37 +0200 From: Oscar Carter To: Kees Cook Cc: Oscar Carter , kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com Subject: Re: Get involved in the KSPP Message-ID: <20200514172037.GA3127@ubuntu> References: <20200509122007.GA5356@ubuntu> <202005110912.3A26AF11@keescook> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <202005110912.3A26AF11@keescook> User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:lDe6E8QpSSloS6SZvCrLfqG0NnL3g0GtHVf9jMliLfZZowN/Ptk 4QGMiSI9ErZAby9tQ9MW63ROdvqRWzdTSI8FYkNnOjmvaCKeqUrRyWxI63XlBUgOKsmIvrv 0dq5JkNxrQka1LIBeoF0Pva0Prrab9CRQc3q4wPyVzw5ZSS3nS5tJqbPIKdBTdanHp1g5kl Ql8CoOYBcoduUvfmK47yg== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:Tqia1oiB8DU=:vQrZfJ9Ip+twdfueggTg14 0I+kr1aAOlgd6402cgiZ4FJI4jHDmCblfMjm3YxMM909OR6WEUI8jPV702zuIOXSKzC4X3PZ9 u77RXJYj9kkF/AeBl+MjnyxQf8qBH6h+t9ff9tqdrkHjqA0+5VvKlDGsctj8UBDwA25fw6uyV tGCUapxBAfxq8v+W2va8u+xDDnJRV0Rf1gJdpouHaRxCevU1/tfmQ9A6f14N9U2wmjLGGAVen esvHMajCkEtCy12aYw3GPBedfzHDNDbVoBIwu2MrkR6tHoG078gya1bQ/lXwlMgKleE3XxXgn 1WeaCOO0AwnuNkTtY64rodIcilBegQMHGB3wwVcmUvxGWfXm+CXVVzGwTbTMBz3ALKlVlLlKN IaYViOLg+nyTc0INXXIPIaQNpqcMag/dsboWTfcYQ6Gkli7gDen15nKq4Ziqe1jhjCZDPFp4i ghIJnEaD1bNgpbyV7kD1FDt/kc6ODlV+PCc7DWPkp78SPeMGZvybEmHRKN4iM4YPRB3ka5LCj 3T2O2aokkAR4CvRXDkgPMlLB9P0Pb3mAn4hS9rIF6NTqAvbVhZSZ8upF3zlT7uoT8OHe1sUXy MmzwtMoqWztWwuSKd1NNlJA7Rp3+8TnV27vC9pN4xXjVt/BOwwer/Ybod+KtiE99qTKxz55ip k4H4+6apZ3ixHlkdz+IdYr/ebVPP7cH0FlzvyRP53dvjrYVC3iM+W0HsHGi5KVbr2rNS9XxW1 j8AnmC7NLtOatU32kvDaTFuwN6+uRnkoXH1r47xdIgkCnnWSGlHMORwF959fgx96PnGA3Kiri k35W05A8gzChc2sVd0IG3QmGmIfqwk1BKNjUE+owKNj3pkaL+DrzxWdWcRhrrvEC5ENzYUEgl AvL0q95rr6N0oInejRt4PmOHTDgUtbVHA6fUq0ih1QVqAq6OJ/4fsnmBIwufGmQrpsh2apaLU OMmttez0wnG09qVGXyAeVNw8CkNLcMOJGAxMYHTrMuY8UZ26Yhe1cU6OR2MlZJynkWf+3qpX7 5QX1me3jg4gC+IeQVOXGO84/yd4EGesvtR8/EuJFq2I5XgohkhwKeRDb0FBnJb5sNhFIA3/KY u8mRQyiFloft4ctkMeKwgkeWTeXHM5UinTJr/fg5Tyv4v1StDS+X8u0fU3EVxrK6/uzaaT9jY Wmvk8zPMBxsp5/nD5PCK8v1bCRsE40NHzmnVKv5ejXF3J0YWO523i6LSP3TwFdSBlK4S8DFFC PTqeznSPclwwx5kg7 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 09:15:18AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote: > On Sat, May 09, 2020 at 02:20:08PM +0200, Oscar Carter wrote: > > Hi, my name is Oscar. I would like to get involved in the kernel self = protection > > project because I love the software security and I think this is one o= f the most > > challenging fields. > > Hi Oscar! Welcome to the mailing list. :) Hi, thanks for the welcome. > > I have experience in microcrontrollers and working with low level soft= ware, but > > my experience with the linux kernel development is a few commits in th= e staging > > area. > > > > For now, and due to my low experience with the linux kernel code and s= oftware > > security, I do not care about the area and task to be done. What I pre= tend is to > > help this great community and improve my knowledge and skills in this > > challenging field. > > > > So, I would like to know if I can be assigned to some task that suits = me. I've > > taken a look at https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues but I don't know = which task > > to choose and if someone else is working on it. > > There's "good first issue" label that might help you choose things: > https://github.com/KSPP/linux/labels/good%20first%20issue I saw it, but even so it's difficult to me to choose with my knowledge abo= ut this field. Sorry. > One mostly mechanical bit of work would be this: > https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/20 > There are likely more fixes needed to build the kernel with > -Wcast-function-type (especially on non-x86 kernels). So that would let > you learn about cross-compiling, etc. > > Let us know what you think! Great. This task seems good to me. I'm already working on it but I would l= ike to know if it's correct to compile my work against the master branch of Linus= tree or if there is some other better branch and tree. > Take care, > > -- > Kees Cook Thanks for your advices and comments. Oscar Carter