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Date: Fri, 5 May 2017 21:07:37 -0700
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com, Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
William Roberts <william.c.roberts@...el.com>,
Chris Fries <cfries@...gle.com>, Dave Weinstein <olorin@...gle.com>
Subject: [RFC 4/6] lib: vsprintf: default kptr_restrict to the maximum value
From: Dave Weinstein <olorin@...gle.com>
Set the initial value of kptr_restrict to the maximum
setting rather than the minimum setting, to ensure that
early boot logging is not leaking information.
Cc: William Roberts <william.c.roberts@...el.com>
Cc: Chris Fries <cfries@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Dave Weinstein <olorin@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
lib/vsprintf.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index 75a49795fcae..404d477d4bd2 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ struct printf_spec {
#define FIELD_WIDTH_MAX ((1 << 23) - 1)
#define PRECISION_MAX ((1 << 15) - 1)
-int kptr_restrict __read_mostly;
+int kptr_restrict __read_mostly = 4;
/*
* Always cleanse %p and %pK specifiers
--
2.12.2
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