Re: alloca() in kernel code

[manu%netbsd.org@localhost (Emmanuel Dreyfus)]

Mouse <mouse%Rodents-Montreal.ORG@localhost> wrote:

> I'm presumably missing something here, but what?

I suspect Maxime's concern is about uncontrolled stack-based variable
buffer, which could be used to crash the kernel.

But in my case, the data is coming from the bootloader. I cannot think
about a scenario where it makes sense to defend against an attack from
the bootloader. The kernel already has absolute trust in the bootloader.

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