On 7/16/19 12:44 PM, Shawn Webb wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 04:03:08PM +0000, Brooks Davis wrote:
>> Author: brooks
>> Date: Tue Jul 16 16:03:08 2019
>> New Revision: 350049
>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/350049
>>
>> Log:
>>   Fix two mismatches between function declaration and definition.
>>   
>>   In both cases, function pointer arguments were inconsistently declared
>>   and the result worked because of C's odd rules around function pointer
>>   (de)references.  With a stricter compiler these fail to compile.
> 
> And, with CFI applied to the kernel, would cause a panic. :)
> 
> Good catch and thanks for the great work!

How would an incorrect function prototype in userland cause a kernel panic?

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John Baldwin
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