[PATCH v2 15/18] fs/kernel_file_read: Add "offset" arg for partial reads

[Kees Cook]

On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 11:23:43PM -0700, Scott Branden wrote:
> I made an adjustment in the logic of the driver with use of
> request_partial_firmware_into_buf and now everything is working.

Excellent! Was there something wrong with how I ported the
request_partial_firmware_into_buf() changes? (Should the behavior be
changed in some way? I didn't change the self-tests, so I thought the
behavior matched your original series.)

> So only issue I find with this entire patch series is the problem
> of security failing without the workaround below.

Yup; I'm trying to reproduce this now too...

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Kees Cook