[apparmor] [PATCH] Fix transition table resize padding
Kees Cook
kees.cook at canonical.com
Tue Jul 13 15:17:58 BST 2010
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 02:16:41PM -0700, John Johansen wrote:
> This is the sser space fix for launchpad.net/busgs/599450
>
> It changes the table resizing so that there is always sufficient
> high entries in the table, preventing bounds violations from
> occurring.
>
> Previously the resize allocation was always based on the character
> set range for a state, which could be more or less than actually
> required, and packing would waste some space when over allocation
> was done.
>
> As a result this patch in general results in slightly smaller
> transition tables even though it enforcing the minimum required
> padding to avoid bounds violations.
Again, not entirely obvious, and the 256 vs 255 counting is a little
strange, but if this works, then it's an obvious ACK.
--
Kees Cook
Ubuntu Security Team
More information about the AppArmor
mailing list