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Date:      Tue, 16 Jul 2019 13:41:06 -0700
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Shawn Webb <shawn.webb@hardenedbsd.org>, Brooks Davis <brooks@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r350049 - head/contrib/amd/amd
Message-ID:  <6ddf37a1-3b1a-2401-a338-36b6c8b9947d@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20190716194454.odytcdjtlduliz6l@mutt-hbsd>
References:  <201907161603.x6GG38oZ020228@repo.freebsd.org> <20190716194454.odytcdjtlduliz6l@mutt-hbsd>

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On 7/16/19 12:44 PM, Shawn Webb wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 04:03:08PM +0000, Brooks Davis wrote:
>> Author: brooks
>> Date: Tue Jul 16 16:03:08 2019
>> New Revision: 350049
>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/350049
>>
>> Log:
>>   Fix two mismatches between function declaration and definition.
>>   
>>   In both cases, function pointer arguments were inconsistently declared
>>   and the result worked because of C's odd rules around function pointer
>>   (de)references.  With a stricter compiler these fail to compile.
> 
> And, with CFI applied to the kernel, would cause a panic. :)
> 
> Good catch and thanks for the great work!

How would an incorrect function prototype in userland cause a kernel panic?

-- 
John Baldwin



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