Re: [PATCH 3/4] add ksm kernel shared memory driver.

[Chris Wright]

* Alan Cox (alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> > +	r = !memcmp(old_digest, sha1_item->sha1val, SHA1_DIGEST_SIZE);
> > +	mutex_unlock(&sha1_lock);
> > +	if (r) {
> > +		char *old_addr, *new_addr;
> > +		old_addr = kmap_atomic(oldpage, KM_USER0);
> > +		new_addr = kmap_atomic(newpage, KM_USER1);
> > +		r = !memcmp(old_addr+PAGEHASH_LEN, new_addr+PAGEHASH_LEN,
> > +			    PAGE_SIZE-PAGEHASH_LEN);
> 
> NAK - this isn't guaranteed to be robust so you could end up merging
> different pages one provided by a malicious attacker.

I presume you're referring to the digest comparison.  While there's
theoretical concern of hash collision, it's mitigated by hmac(sha1)
so the attacker can't brute force for known collisions.

thanks,
-chris
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