Re: [PATCH] mm: kill kmemcheck

2015-03-11 Thread Dave Jones
On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 09:39:33AM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote: > On 03/11/2015 08:40 AM, Steven Rostedt wrote: > > On Wed, 11 Mar 2015 08:34:46 -0400 > > Sasha Levin wrote: > > > >> > Fair enough. We knew there are existing kmemcheck users, but KASan > >> > should be > >> > superior both in

Re: General flags to turn things off (getrandom, pid lookup, etc)

2014-07-25 Thread Dave Jones
On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 11:30:48AM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > There is recent interest in having a way to turn generally-available > kernel features off. Maybe we should add a good one so we can stop > bikeshedding and avoid proliferating dumb interfaces. > > Things that might want to

Re: GPF in aesni_xts_crypt8 (3.10-rc5)

2013-06-11 Thread Dave Jones
On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 10:01:01PM +0300, Jussi Kivilinna wrote: > Hello, > > Does attached patch help? > > crypto: aesni_intel - fix accessing of unaligned memory It does, thanks for the quick turnaround! Dave -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-cr

Re: [PATCH 0/6] MODSIGN: Kernel module signing

2007-02-16 Thread Dave Jones
On Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 10:13:04PM +, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > > Now, this is not a complete solution by any means: the core kernel is not > > protected, and nor are /dev/mem or /dev/kmem, but it denies (or at least > > controls) one relatively simple attack vector. > > Could we f

Re: [PATCH 0/6] MODSIGN: Kernel module signing

2007-02-14 Thread Dave Jones
On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 10:14:53PM -0800, Andreas Gruenbacher wrote: > On Wednesday 14 February 2007 21:45, Dave Jones wrote: > > well, the situation for external modules is no worse than usual. > > They still work, they just aren't signed. Which from a distributor po

Re: [PATCH 0/6] MODSIGN: Kernel module signing

2007-02-14 Thread Dave Jones
On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 09:35:40PM -0800, Andreas Gruenbacher wrote: > On Wednesday 14 February 2007 20:13, Dave Jones wrote: > > I've not investigated it, but I hear rumours that suse has something > > similar. > > Actually, no. We don't belive that module

Re: [PATCH 0/6] MODSIGN: Kernel module signing

2007-02-14 Thread Dave Jones
On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 07:41:12PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > 77 files changed, 9681 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) > > just to be able to sign modules. > > Normally I'd collapse writhing in laughter, but.. > > > These patches have been in use by RHEL and Fedora kernels for years, an