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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2012-03-30 18:07:13 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2012-03-30 18:07:13 -0700 |
| commit | 3a0d1849432461eec1321f8918c6c13497d390c9 (patch) | |
| tree | 694bafcc856b38ba99eb2172c8c5b061cfa0d529 /Documentation | |
| parent | 623ff7739e7c00fa3d55dbfd42a492a68298fd7a (diff) | |
| parent | ec0c4274e33c0373e476b73e01995c53128f1257 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'core-locking-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull core locking updates from Thomas Gleixner.
* 'core-locking-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
futex: Mark get_robust_list as deprecated
futex: Do not leak robust list to unprivileged process
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 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> |