Notify get_robust_list users that the syscall is going away. Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- v2: - add note to feature-removal-schedule.txt. --- Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 10 ++++++++++ kernel/futex.c | 2 ++ kernel/futex_compat.c | 2 ++ 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 4bfd982..e3bf119 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -543,3 +543,13 @@ When: 3.5 Why: The old kmap_atomic() with two arguments is deprecated, we only keep it for backward compatibility for few cycles and then drop it. Who: Cong Wang <amwang@xxxxxxxxxx> + +---------------------------- + +What: get_robust_list syscall +When: 2013 +Why: There appear to be no production users of the get_robust_list syscall, + and it runs the risk of leaking address locations, allowing the bypass + of ASLR. It was only ever intended for debugging, so it should be + removed. +Who: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c index d701be5..e2b0fb9 100644 --- a/kernel/futex.c +++ b/kernel/futex.c @@ -2449,6 +2449,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(get_robust_list, int, pid, if (!futex_cmpxchg_enabled) return -ENOSYS; + WARN_ONCE(1, "deprecated: get_robust_list will be deleted in 2013.\n"); + rcu_read_lock(); ret = -ESRCH; diff --git a/kernel/futex_compat.c b/kernel/futex_compat.c index a9642d5..83e368b 100644 --- a/kernel/futex_compat.c +++ b/kernel/futex_compat.c @@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ compat_sys_get_robust_list(int pid, compat_uptr_t __user *head_ptr, if (!futex_cmpxchg_enabled) return -ENOSYS; + WARN_ONCE(1, "deprecated: get_robust_list will be deleted in 2013.\n"); + rcu_read_lock(); ret = -ESRCH; -- 1.7.0.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
