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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/2 v2] kprobe: Do not use uaccess functions to access kernel memory that can fault
On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 6:29 PM Alexei Starovoitov
<alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com> wrote:
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> imo this kernel release should finish as-is and in the next cycle we can
> change probe_kernel_read() to reject user address [..]

Absolutely. Nothing is going to change right now for 5.0, which is imminent.

It's really a "long-term we really need to fix this", where the only
question is how soon "long-term" is.

Linus

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