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Add an item for ifconf() mutex over copyout().
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Robert Watson 2004-09-13 23:59:55 +00:00
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<tr> <tr>
<td>ether_input() may harvest entropy from free()'d mbuf</td> <td>ether_input() may harvest entropy from free()'d mbuf</td>
<td>&status.wip;</td> <td>&status.wip;</td>
<td>&a.markm;</td> <td>&a.markm;, &a.rwatson;</td>
<td>ether_input() calls random_harvest() on the mbuf after it has been <td>ether_input() calls random_harvest() on the mbuf after it has been
handed off to ether_demux(), at which point it may have been free()'d handed off to ether_demux(), at which point it may have been free()'d
back to the mbuf allocator. It also passes in a pointer to the mbuf back to the mbuf allocator. It also passes in a pointer to the mbuf
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not owned at kern/vfs_subr.c:1365. See "Re: 5.3-RELEASE TODO" thread not owned at kern/vfs_subr.c:1365. See "Re: 5.3-RELEASE TODO" thread
in -current@.</td> in -current@.</td>
</tr> </tr>
<tr>
<td>ifconf() sleep warning</td>
<td>&status.wip;</td>
<td>&a.rwatson;</td>
<td>The ifconf() ioctl for listing network interfaces performs a
copyout() while holding the global ifnet list mutex. This generates a
witness warning in the event that copyout() generates a page fault,
and risks more serious problems.</td>
</tr>
</table> </table>
<h3>Required features for 5.3-RELEASE</h3> <h3>Required features for 5.3-RELEASE</h3>