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Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2020 21:11:44 +0300
From: Alexander Popov <alex.popov@...ux.com>
To: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>, cocci@...teme.lip6.fr,
kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
Gilles Muller <Gilles.Muller@...6.fr>, Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@...all.nl>,
Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>, Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>,
Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Mauro Carvalho Chehab
<mchehab@...nel.org>, Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
Nicolas Palix <nicolas.palix@...g.fr>
Subject: Re: [Cocci] Coccinelle rule for CVE-2019-18683
Markus, thanks for your remarks!
On 09.04.2020 11:41, Markus Elfring wrote:
> * The source code search pattern can be too generic.
> How do you think about to consider additional constraints
> for safer data control flow analysis?
Could you please elaborate on that?
I used 'exists' keyword to find at least one branch that has
mutex_unlock+kthread_stop+mutex_lock chain.
> * Other operation modes might become helpful.
Thanks! I added 'context' mode, it's very good for this purpose.
Best regards,
Alexander
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