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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/futex.c | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/futex_compat.c | 2 |
3 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 0cad4803ffac..c1be8066ea59 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -529,3 +529,13 @@ When: 3.5 Why: The old kmap_atomic() with two arguments is deprecated, we only keep it for backward compatibility for few cycles and then drop it. Who: Cong Wang <amwang@redhat.com> + +---------------------------- + +What: get_robust_list syscall +When: 2013 +Why: There appear to be no production users of the get_robust_list syscall, + and it runs the risk of leaking address locations, allowing the bypass + of ASLR. It was only ever intended for debugging, so it should be + removed. +Who: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c index d701be57c423..e2b0fb9a0b3b 100644 --- a/kernel/futex.c +++ b/kernel/futex.c @@ -2449,6 +2449,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(get_robust_list, int, pid, if (!futex_cmpxchg_enabled) return -ENOSYS; + WARN_ONCE(1, "deprecated: get_robust_list will be deleted in 2013.\n"); + rcu_read_lock(); ret = -ESRCH; diff --git a/kernel/futex_compat.c b/kernel/futex_compat.c index a9642d528630..83e368b005fc 100644 --- a/kernel/futex_compat.c +++ b/kernel/futex_compat.c @@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ compat_sys_get_robust_list(int pid, compat_uptr_t __user *head_ptr, if (!futex_cmpxchg_enabled) return -ENOSYS; + WARN_ONCE(1, "deprecated: get_robust_list will be deleted in 2013.\n"); + rcu_read_lock(); ret = -ESRCH; |