Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On Mon, 30 Nov 2015 16:04:36 -0800 Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> >> > +#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS
>> >> > + {
>> >> > + .procname = "mmap_rnd_bits",
>> >> > + .data = &mmap_rnd_bits,
>> >> > + .maxlen = sizeof(mmap_rnd_bits),
>> >> > + .mode = 0600,
>> >> > + .proc_handler = proc_dointvec_minmax,
>> >> > + .extra1 = (void *) &mmap_rnd_bits_min,
>> >> > + .extra2 = (void *) &mmap_rnd_bits_max,
>> >>
>> >> hm, why the typecasts? They're unneeded and are omitted everywhere(?)
>> >> else in kernel/sysctl.c.
>> >
>> > Oh. Casting away constness.
>> >
>> > What's the thinking here? They can change at any time so they aren't
>> > const so we shouldn't declare them to be const?
>>
>> The _min and _max values shouldn't be changing: they're decided based
>> on the various CONFIG options that calculate the valid min/maxes. Only
>> mmap_rnd_bits itself should be changing.
>
> hmpf.
>
> From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: include/linux/sysctl.h: make ctl_table.extra1/2 const
>
> Nothing should be altering these values. Declare the pointed-to values to
> be const so we can actually use const values.
No large objects except we do seem to have values that are stashed
in extra1 that are cast to non-const types.
Any chance you will do the work to hunt all of those down and modify
the casts to preserve const or to remove the casts entirely?
Eric
> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Daniel Cashman <dcashman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> include/linux/sysctl.h | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff -puN include/linux/sysctl.h~a include/linux/sysctl.h
> --- a/include/linux/sysctl.h~a
> +++ a/include/linux/sysctl.h
> @@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ struct ctl_table
> struct ctl_table *child; /* Deprecated */
> proc_handler *proc_handler; /* Callback for text formatting */
> struct ctl_table_poll *poll;
> - void *extra1;
> - void *extra2;
> + const void *extra1;
> + const void *extra2;
> };
>
> struct ctl_node {
> diff -puN kernel/sysctl.c~a kernel/sysctl.c
> _
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