From: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
To: Jason Cooper <jason@lakedaemon.net>, Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: "Roberts\, William C" <william.c.roberts@intel.com>,
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Subject: Re: [kernel-hardening] Re: [PATCH v2 1/7] random: Simplify API for random address requests
Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2016 13:35:13 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <878twfonbi.fsf@concordia.ellerman.id.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160801231723.GG4541@io.lakedaemon.net>
Jason Cooper <jason@lakedaemon.net> writes:
> On Mon, Aug 01, 2016 at 12:47:59PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
>> On Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 1:56 PM, Jason Cooper <jason@lakedaemon.net> wrote:
>>
>> I have no new call sites in mind, but it seems safe to add a BUG_ON to
>> verify we don't gain callers that don't follow the correct
>> expectations. (Or maybe WARN and return start.)
>
> No, I think BUG_ON is appropriate. afaict, the only time this will be
> encountered is during the development process.
Unless it's not.
Why crash someone's system when you could just page align the value
you're given?
cheers
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-08-02 3:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-07-28 20:47 [PATCH 0/7] char/random: Simplify random address requests Jason Cooper
2016-07-28 20:47 ` [PATCH 1/7] random: Simplify API for " Jason Cooper
2016-07-29 8:59 ` Yann Droneaud
2016-07-29 18:20 ` Jason Cooper
2016-07-28 20:47 ` [PATCH 2/7] x86: Use simpler " Jason Cooper
2016-07-28 20:47 ` [PATCH 3/7] ARM: " Jason Cooper
2016-07-28 20:47 ` [PATCH 4/7] arm64: " Jason Cooper
2016-07-29 13:48 ` Will Deacon
2016-07-28 20:47 ` [PATCH 5/7] tile: " Jason Cooper
2016-07-28 20:47 ` [PATCH 6/7] unicore32: " Jason Cooper
2016-07-28 20:47 ` [PATCH 7/7] random: Remove unused randomize_range() Jason Cooper
2016-07-30 15:42 ` [PATCH v2 0/7] char/random: Simplify random address requests Jason Cooper
2016-07-30 15:42 ` [PATCH v2 1/7] random: Simplify API for " Jason Cooper
2016-07-31 16:46 ` Kees Cook
2016-07-31 20:56 ` Jason Cooper
2016-08-01 19:47 ` Kees Cook
2016-08-01 23:17 ` Jason Cooper
2016-08-02 3:35 ` Michael Ellerman [this message]
2016-08-03 18:42 ` [kernel-hardening] " Jason Cooper
2016-07-30 15:42 ` [PATCH v2 2/7] x86: Use simpler " Jason Cooper
2016-07-30 15:42 ` [PATCH v2 3/7] ARM: " Jason Cooper
2016-07-30 15:42 ` [PATCH v2 4/7] arm64: " Jason Cooper
2016-07-30 15:42 ` [PATCH v2 5/7] tile: " Jason Cooper
2016-07-30 15:42 ` [PATCH v2 6/7] unicore32: " Jason Cooper
2016-07-30 15:42 ` [PATCH v2 7/7] random: Remove unused randomize_range() Jason Cooper
2016-08-03 23:39 ` [PATCH v3 0/7] char/random: Simplify random address requests Jason Cooper
2016-08-03 23:39 ` [PATCH v3 1/7] random: Simplify API for " Jason Cooper
2016-08-04 12:47 ` Yann Droneaud
2016-08-03 23:39 ` [PATCH v3 2/7] x86: Use simpler " Jason Cooper
2016-08-03 23:39 ` [PATCH v3 3/7] ARM: " Jason Cooper
2016-08-03 23:39 ` [PATCH v3 4/7] arm64: " Jason Cooper
2016-08-03 23:39 ` [PATCH v3 5/7] tile: " Jason Cooper
2016-08-03 23:39 ` [PATCH v3 6/7] unicore32: " Jason Cooper
2016-08-03 23:39 ` [PATCH v3 7/7] random: Remove unused randomize_range() Jason Cooper
2016-08-03 23:48 ` Andrew Morton
2016-08-04 0:19 ` Jason Cooper
2016-08-04 2:41 ` [PATCH v3 0/7] char/random: Simplify random address requests Kees Cook
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