On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 04:17:44PM -0500, David Miller wrote:
> > Seeing a "__get_user()" and just being able to glance up in the same
> > function and seeing the "access_ok()" is just a good safety net. And
> > means that people don't have to waste time thinking about or looking
> > for where the hell the security net really is.
>
> Fair enough.
OK, with 3/5 dropped 4/5 get a trivial conflict (removal of function in 4/5
vs. change in it in 3/5). With that dealt with, the sucker is in
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs.git for-davem
Shortlog:
Al Viro (4):
separate kernel- and userland-side msghdr
{compat_,}verify_iovec(): switch to generic copying of iovecs
fold verify_iovec() into copy_msghdr_from_user()
bury skb_copy_to_page()
Diffstat:
arch/arm/kernel/sys_oabi-compat.c | 4 +--
include/linux/socket.h | 17 +++++++---
include/linux/syscalls.h | 6 ++--
include/net/compat.h | 5 ++-
include/net/sock.h | 23 -------------
net/compat.c | 83
+++++++++++++++-------------------------------
net/core/iovec.c | 47 --------------------------
net/socket.c | 140
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------------------------
8 files changed, 114 insertions(+), 211 deletions(-)
I'll post more for review after I finally get some sleep - up for bloody 27
hours by now ;-/
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