- Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/10] Fix leaking of kernel heap addresses in net/
- From: Dan Rosenberg <drosenberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 20:20:01 -0500
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- In-reply-to: <20101111.171024.242132239.davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- References: <1289524026.5167.68.camel@dan> <20101111.171024.242132239.davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> This will print zero once a socket enters various closing states or
> similar, since the sk->sk_socket is released and turns NULL.
>
> Thus making the debugging information next to useless.
>
> I'm still largely against these changes, and will not apply them
> to my tree.
Would you care to offer any suggestions that would both solve the
problem and be acceptable to you?
If not, then you have committed to leaving a permanent easy target for
exploits. Please think carefully about this.
-Dan
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