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From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date:   Fri, 22 Feb 2019 18:32:49 -0800
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2 v2] kprobe: Do not use uaccess functions to access
 kernel memory that can fault
To:     Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
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On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 6:29 PM Alexei Starovoitov
<alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> imo this kernel release should finish as-is and in the next cycle we can
> change probe_kernel_read() to reject user address [..]

Absolutely. Nothing is going to change right now for 5.0, which is imminent.

It's really a "long-term we really need to fix this", where the only
question is how soon "long-term" is.

                   Linus