kernel-hardening - Re: [RFC] scripts: add leaking

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Message-ID: <20171019202212.GB29874@eros>
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 07:22:12 +1100
From: "Tobin C. Harding" <me@...in.cc>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
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Subject: Re: [RFC] scripts: add leaking_addresses.pl

On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 08:44:31AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Oct 2017 17:34:44 +1100
> "Tobin C. Harding" <me@...in.cc> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > My usual disclaimer; I am a long way from being a Perl monger, any tips,
> 
> I'm a semi Perl monger.
> 
> > however trivial, most welcome.
> > 
> > Parses dmesg output first then;
> > 
> > Algorithm walks the directory tree of /proc and /sys, opens each file
> > for reading and parses file line by line. We therefore need to skip
> > certain files;
> > 
> >  - binary files.
> >  - relay large files of fixed format that _definitely_ won't leak.
> 
> "relay large files"? What do the files relay with? ;-)

:) All bugs are shallow to enough eyes eh.

Good tips, thank you. V2 to come.

thanks,
Tobin.

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