Re: [PATCH v5] proc/sysctl: add shared variables for range check

From: Matteo Croce
Date: Thu May 16 2019 - 12:12:32 EST


On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 8:14 PM Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 11:01 AM Matteo Croce <mcroce@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > In the sysctl code the proc_dointvec_minmax() function is often used to
> > validate the user supplied value between an allowed range. This function
> > uses the extra1 and extra2 members from struct ctl_table as minimum and
> > maximum allowed value.
> >
[...]
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Matteo Croce <mcroce@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> --
> Kees Cook

Hi all,

just a ping about this patch. Any tought, suggestion, concern or criticism?

Regards,
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Matteo Croce
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