Re: [GIT PULL] execve fix for v6.0-rc2
From: Kees Cook
Date: Fri Aug 19 2022 - 18:04:57 EST
On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 02:11:38PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 12:04 PM Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Please pull this execve fix for v6.0-rc2.
>
> Hmm. I've pulled this, but "fix" it isn't.
>
> There's no actual bug in the old code that I can see. It' just that
> local kmaps are the preferred model these days.
Yeah, that's true. I figured it was better to get it in ASAP to help with
the transition and avoid having both APIs in the same file. Thanks for
taking it!
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Kees Cook