[PATCH] usercopy: Improve comments after reorder
From: Kees Cook
Date: Thu Jan 03 2019 - 11:51:56 EST
This updates the comments to better reflect the order and purpose of
the checks.
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/usercopy.c | 9 +++++----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/usercopy.c b/mm/usercopy.c
index e9e9325f7638..726e570c9b9e 100644
--- a/mm/usercopy.c
+++ b/mm/usercopy.c
@@ -243,7 +243,8 @@ static inline void check_heap_object(const void *ptr, unsigned long n,
/*
* Validates that the given object is:
* - not bogus address
- * - known-safe heap or stack object
+ * - fully contained by stack (or stack frame, when available)
+ * - fully within SLAB object (or object whitelist area, when available)
* - not in kernel text
*/
void __check_object_size(const void *ptr, unsigned long n, bool to_user)
--
Kees Cook