Re: [kernel-hardening] Re: [PATCH v2] printk: hash addresses printed with %p

[Theodore Ts'o]

On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 01:28:05PM +1100, Tobin C. Harding wrote:
> > >> Does %p[FfSs] leak addresses? Well, I guess it does if they are not
> > >> found in kallsyms, but otherwise you have:
> > >>
> > >>   function+0x<offset>
> > >
> > 
> > They haven't traditionally been a big deal. If they turn out to be
> > problematic, we can deal with it then, IMO.

If it's not in kallsyms, the raw address is probably not going to be
terribly useful --- so even if it's not traditionally been a big deal,
why not just hash them if it's not going to be printed as "function+0x<offset>"?

If nothing else, it will help correlate the random address with other
places where it was printed via %p.

					- Ted