Re: [GIT PULL] execve updates for v6.13-rc1 (take 2)

From: Kees Cook
Date: Tue Nov 26 2024 - 00:10:09 EST




On November 26, 2024 9:40:22 AM GMT+10:00, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On Thu, 21 Nov 2024 at 06:53, Kees Cook <kees@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Please pull these execve updates for v6.13-rc1 (take 2). I've dropped
>> the argv[0] vs "comm" setting patches. We'll work on the better solution
>> for the next merge window.
>
>Yeah, I was pulling this, and then noted that the selftest is now
>documented to be that garbage.
>
>So I unpulled again.

Okay. I'd left it because I figured we'd be tweaking it for the new implementation, but yeah I can just rework it all then.

For the new implementation, do you want to wait a full dev cycle for it to bake in -next or should I send what I proposed based on your and Al's suggestions for this merge window?

-Kees

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