On Fri, 8 Jul 2016, Kees Cook wrote: > Is check_valid_pointer() making sure the pointer is within the usable > size? It seemed like it was checking that it was within the slub > object (checks against s->size, wants it above base after moving > pointer to include redzone, etc). check_valid_pointer verifies that a pointer is pointing to the start of an object. It is used to verify the internal points that SLUB used and should not be modified to do anything different. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arch" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html