Re: [PATCH] drm/bufs: Fix Spectre v1 vulnerability

From: Gustavo A. R. Silva
Date: Wed Oct 17 2018 - 06:35:11 EST




On 10/17/18 9:19 AM, Daniel Vetter wrote:

>> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Applied since it's correct, but I dropped the cc: stable. This code is
> very dead and full of security issues, and spectre is the least of your
> worries. If you want to a stab at fixing the real spectre issues in drm,
> then look anywhere that isn't full of drm_legacy_* functions.
>

OK. I've got it.

> The most important file is probably drm_ioctl.c.
> -Daniel
>

Thanks for the feedback, Daniel.
--
Gustavo