On Thu, Dec 01, 2022 at 11:06:25AM +0100, Roberto Sassu wrote:
> From: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Similarly to evm_verify_hmac(), which allocates an evm_digest structure to
> satisfy the linear mapping requirement if CONFIG_VMAP_STACK is enabled, do
> the same in xattr_verify(). Allocate an ima_max_digest_data structure and
> use that instead of the in-stack counterpart.
>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 4.9.x
> Fixes: ba14a194a434 ("fork: Add generic vmalloced stack support")
> Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx>
Likewise, what is the actual problem here? Where specifically is a scatterlist
being used to represent an on-stack buffer?
- Eric
