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Message-ID: <CAGXu5jL5JV2WS2GVuL16N82DYGVqshveOfWs=iTzH+1XeuSiaA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 10:11:00 -0800
From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To: Emese Revfy <re.emese@...il.com>
Cc: "kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com" <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>
Subject: Re: Proposal for kernel self protection features
Hi Emese,
On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 2:55 PM, Emese Revfy <re.emese@...il.com> wrote:
> * constify: This plugin constifies all structure types which contain only
> function pointers or are explicitly marked for constification.
> If some code wants to modify a read-only object it will cause
> a compile error.
> There are two gcc attributes:
> * no_const: if we don't want constification
> * do_const: if we want to constify a structure type which has a
> non-function pointer field
Can you give a status update on the constify plugin work? I'm curious
to hear what your plans are.
Thanks!
-Kees
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Kees Cook
Chrome OS & Brillo Security
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