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226 bytes added ,  18:08, 2 November 2016
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* L_fff1c730, prev ver @ L_fff1c6f0.
 
* L_fff1c730, prev ver @ L_fff1c6f0.
 
* L_fff26410, prev ver @ L_fff26394.
 
* L_fff26410, prev ver @ L_fff26394.
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All three functions now prevent negative chunk sizes to be used, which could have been used with hypotetical kernel-memory-read vulnerabilities to exploit the memory-management code.
    
The first function ("validateChunk") now makes sure that:
 
The first function ("validateChunk") now makes sure that:
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  if(chunkSizeInPages >= regionSize >> 12 || regionBase + regionSize < chunk + chunkSize) panic;
 
  if(chunkSizeInPages >= regionSize >> 12 || regionBase + regionSize < chunk + chunkSize) panic;
 
  // ...
 
  // ...
  if(leftChunk && leftChunk + leftChunkSize <= leftChunk) panic;
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  if(leftChunk && leftChunk + leftChunkSize <= leftChunk) panic; // this check was already done on 'right'
    
====FIRM-modules====
 
====FIRM-modules====