linux-sg2042/net/can
Dan Rosenberg 71338aa7d0 net: convert %p usage to %pK
The %pK format specifier is designed to hide exposed kernel pointers,
specifically via /proc interfaces.  Exposing these pointers provides an
easy target for kernel write vulnerabilities, since they reveal the
locations of writable structures containing easily triggerable function
pointers.  The behavior of %pK depends on the kptr_restrict sysctl.

If kptr_restrict is set to 0, no deviation from the standard %p behavior
occurs.  If kptr_restrict is set to 1, the default, if the current user
(intended to be a reader via seq_printf(), etc.) does not have CAP_SYSLOG
(currently in the LSM tree), kernel pointers using %pK are printed as 0's.
 If kptr_restrict is set to 2, kernel pointers using %pK are printed as
0's regardless of privileges.  Replacing with 0's was chosen over the
default "(null)", which cannot be parsed by userland %p, which expects
"(nil)".

The supporting code for kptr_restrict and %pK are currently in the -mm
tree.  This patch converts users of %p in net/ to %pK.  Cases of printing
pointers to the syslog are not covered, since this would eliminate useful
information for postmortem debugging and the reading of the syslog is
already optionally protected by the dmesg_restrict sysctl.

Signed-off-by: Dan Rosenberg <drosenberg@vsecurity.com>
Cc: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Cc: Thomas Graf <tgraf@infradead.org>
Cc: Eugene Teo <eugeneteo@kernel.org>
Cc: Kees Cook <kees.cook@canonical.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Eric Paris <eparis@parisplace.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-05-24 01:13:12 -04:00
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Kconfig [CAN]: Add virtual CAN netdevice driver 2008-01-28 14:54:12 -08:00
Makefile Net: can: Makefile: Remove deprecated kbuild goal definitions 2010-11-22 08:16:09 -08:00
af_can.c can: rename can_try_module_get to can_get_proto 2011-05-04 14:08:37 -07:00
af_can.h can: Speed up CAN frame receiption by using ml_priv 2010-01-03 21:31:03 -08:00
bcm.c net: convert %p usage to %pK 2011-05-24 01:13:12 -04:00
proc.c can: Speed up CAN frame receiption by using ml_priv 2010-01-03 21:31:03 -08:00
raw.c can: make struct can_proto const 2011-05-04 14:08:36 -07:00