Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] binder: do not initialize locals passed to copy_from_user()

[Dan Carpenter]

On Wed, Mar 04, 2020 at 10:13:40AM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 03, 2020 at 12:38:32PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > The real fix is to initialize everything manually, the automated
> > initialization is a hardenning feature which many people will disable.
> 
> I cannot disagree more with this sentiment. Linus has specifically said he
> wants this initialization on by default[1],

Fine, but as long as it's a configurable thing then we need to manually
initialize as well or it's still a CVE etc.  It will take a while before
we drop support for old versions of GCC as well.

regards,
dan carpenter