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Finding User/Kernel Pointer Bugs with Type Inference

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<strong>Type</strong> Qualifiers<br />

Qualifiers refine basic types<br />

✑✑✰<br />

✑<br />

✑<br />

int<br />

◗ ◗◗◗<br />

$kernel<br />

int<br />

$user<br />

int<br />

“$kernel int” is called a qualified type<br />

Qualifiers must match in assignments:<br />

$kernel int k1, k2;<br />

$user int u;<br />

k1 = k2; // OK<br />

k2 = u; // ERROR<br />

<strong>Finding</strong> <strong>User</strong>/<strong>Kernel</strong> <strong>Pointer</strong> <strong>Bugs</strong> <strong>with</strong> <strong>Type</strong> <strong>Inference</strong> – p.6

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