On Fri, 8 Jul 2016, Kees Cook wrote:

> Is check_valid_pointer() making sure the pointer is within the usable
> size? It seemed like it was checking that it was within the slub
> object (checks against s->size, wants it above base after moving
> pointer to include redzone, etc).

check_valid_pointer verifies that a pointer is pointing to the start of an
object. It is used to verify the internal points that SLUB used and
should not be modified to do anything different.

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