Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751102AbdDGWM7 (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Apr 2017 18:12:59 -0400 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:55892 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751059AbdDGWMv (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Apr 2017 18:12:51 -0400 Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2017 15:12:49 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: Kees Cook Cc: Jessica Yu , Rusty Russell , LKML , "kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com" , Eddie Kovsky Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/2] provide check for ro_after_init memory sections Message-Id: <20170407151249.b1d45218ad2f71bdc2c8f992@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: References: <20170406033550.32525-1-ewk@edkovsky.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.4.1 (GTK+ 2.24.23; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 985 Lines: 23 On Fri, 7 Apr 2017 14:53:23 -0700 Kees Cook wrote: > > Eddie Kovsky (2): > > module: verify address is read-only > > extable: verify address is read-only > > > > include/linux/kernel.h | 2 ++ > > include/linux/module.h | 12 ++++++++++++ > > kernel/extable.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > kernel/module.c | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > 4 files changed, 96 insertions(+) > > Andrew, do you have these in your mailbox (it went to lkml), or should > I resend them directly to you? Since they depend on the > __start_ro_after_init naming fixes in -mm, it seemed like it'd be best > to carry these two patches there. If so, please consider them both: > > Acked-by: Kees Cook > > (And, from the thread on the module patch, Jessica has Acked that one too.) Well I grabbed them, but the patches don't actually do anything - they add interfaces with no users. What's the plan here?