Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] module: verify address is read-only

[Kees Cook]

On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 9:14 AM, Stephen Hemminger
<stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Feb 2017 21:58:42 -0800
> "Eddie Kovsky" <ewk@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Implement a mechanism to check if a module's address is in
>> the rodata or ro_after_init sections. It mimics the exsiting functions
>> that test if an address is inside a module's text section.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Eddie Kovsky <ewk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> I don't see the point of this for many of the hyper-v functions.
> They are only called from a small number of places, and this can be validated
> by code inspection. Adding this seems just seems to be code bloat to me.

I think it has value in that it effectively blocks any way for
non-ro_after_init structures from being passed into these functions.
Since there are so few callers now, it's the perfect place to add
this.

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Pixel Security