On 02/13/2017 05:25 PM, Kees Cook wrote:
> Since function tables are a common target for attackers, it's best to keep
> them in read-only memory. As such, this makes the CDROM device ops tables
> const. This drops additionally n_minors, since it isn't used meaningfully,
> and sets the only user of
From: Kees Cook
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 16:25:26 -0800
> diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
> index 9cbd217bc0c9..ab9232e1e16f 100644
> --- a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
> +++ b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
> @@ -1166,7 +1166,7 @@ void ide_cdrom_update_speed(ide_drive_t *drive, u8 *buf)
>
Since function tables are a common target for attackers, it's best to keep
them in read-only memory. As such, this makes the CDROM device ops tables
const. This drops additionally n_minors, since it isn't used meaningfully,
and sets the only user of cdrom_dummy_generic_packet explicitly so the
vari
