From: "Michal Koutný" <mkoutny@suse.com>
To: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>,
linux-block@vger.kernel.org, nbd@other.debian.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Navid Emamdoost <navid.emamdoost@gmail.com>,
Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@suse.cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND v3] nbd_genl_status: null check for nla_nest_start
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 11:16:24 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230324101624.mnbagb3jxshucawq@blackpad> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6c507b78-35fb-fe23-51f0-e5bb754679d0@kernel.dk>
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Thanks for the reply.
On Thu, Mar 23, 2023 at 04:51:17PM -0600, Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> wrote:
> So please don't mix CVEs into any of this, they don't matter one bit.
Do not shoot the messenger.
(But I'll refrain from that numeric reference to disincentivize such
trophy collecting.)
> Never have, and never will. What's important is how the bug can be
> triggered.
From my perspective it's pragmatic better-safe-than-sorry -- a proof may
be conceived that rules out any triggering condition, it's less work to
put the guard in though.
My .02€,
Michal
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-03-23 19:30 Michal Koutný
2023-03-23 22:51 ` Jens Axboe
2023-03-24 10:16 ` Michal Koutný [this message]
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