From: greg@kroah.com (Greg KH)
To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org
Subject: Module to sanitize freed memory ?
Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 08:20:14 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110512152014.GA6080@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTi=h-T3VfnKFKCBjr=wC8WwTk2j83A@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 05:12:19PM +0200, Chris Laberti wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there a kernel module that sanitizes (overwrites) freed memory ? Or
> maybe does sysctl offer something like this ?
What's wrong with the kernel option that does this for you
(CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB)? No need to write a separate kernel module at all.
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-05-12 15:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <BANLkTimynqn2vT8S6yRxhSxhUioC9_AXoQ@mail.gmail.com>
2011-05-12 15:12 ` Module to sanitize freed memory ? Chris Laberti
2011-05-12 15:20 ` Greg KH [this message]
2011-05-12 15:23 ` Robert P. J. Day
2011-05-13 12:05 ` Chris Laberti
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