On 07/25/2018 06:07 PM, Steven Rostedt wrote:
On Wed, 25 Jul 2018 13:22:36 -0700
Mark Salyzyn <salyzyn@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Switch from 0x%lx to 0x%pK to print the kernel addresses.
Fixes: CVE-2017-0630
Wait!!!! This breaks perf and trace-cmd! They require this to be able
to print various strings in trace events. This file is root read only,
as the CVE says.
NAK for this fix. Come up with something that doesn't break perf and
trace-cmd. That will not be trivial, as the format is stored in the
ring buffer with an address, then referenced directly. It also handles
trace_printk() functions that simply point to the string format itself.
A fix would require having a pointer be the same that is referenced
inside the kernel as well as in this file. Maybe make the format string
placed in a location that doesn't leak where the rest of the kernel
exists?
-- Steve
Thank you Steve, much appreciated feedback, I have asked the security
developers to keep this in mind and come up with a correct fix.
The correct fix that meets your guidelines would _not_ be suitable for
stable due to the invasiveness it sounds, only for the latest will such
a rework make sense. As such, the fix proposed in this patch is the only
one that meets the bar for stable patch simplicity, and merely(!) needs
to state that if the fix is taken, perf and trace are broken.
Posting this patch publicly on the lists, that may never be applied, may
be the limit of our responsibility for a fix to stable kernel releases,
to be optionally applied by vendors concerned with this CVE criteria?
-- Mark
