From: daw@cs.berkeley.edu (David Wagner)
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] remove MNT_NOEXEC check for PROT_EXEC mmaps
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 03:20:10 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <efv99a$31o$3@taverner.cs.berkeley.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 4522B4F9.8000301@aknet.ru
Stas Sergeev wrote:
>Arjan van de Ven wrote:
>> then don't put noexec on /dev/shm.
>
>That's obviously possible, but I'd feel safer having
>"noexec" on *every* user-writable partition.
But why would you "feel" safer? And why should the Linux kernel care
about how people "feel"? The purpose of these mechanisms is not to make
people feel safer; it is to make them actually be safer. If it isn't
actually making people safer -- if it is just to provide "warm fuzzies"
and a perception of safety -- then I don't see what business it has
going into the Linux kernel. What threat, exactly, are you trying to
defend against? What's your threat model?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-10-04 4:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 97+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-09-23 10:30 [patch] remove MNT_NOEXEC check for PROT_EXEC mmaps Stas Sergeev
2006-09-23 15:16 ` Hugh Dickins
2006-09-23 15:36 ` Ulrich Drepper
2006-09-23 15:47 ` Stas Sergeev
2006-09-25 1:12 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2006-09-25 4:35 ` Stas Sergeev
2006-09-23 15:42 ` Stas Sergeev
2006-09-23 16:04 ` Hugh Dickins
2006-09-23 16:38 ` Stas Sergeev
2006-09-23 18:58 ` Alan Cox
2006-09-24 6:55 ` Stas Sergeev
2006-09-24 9:17 ` Hugh Dickins
2006-09-24 10:00 ` Stas Sergeev
2006-09-24 13:53 ` Alan Cox
2006-09-24 14:54 ` Stas Sergeev
2006-09-24 15:48 ` Ulrich Drepper
2006-09-24 16:31 ` Stas Sergeev
2006-09-24 16:49 ` Ulrich Drepper
2006-09-24 17:04 ` Stas Sergeev
2006-09-24 18:09 ` Stas Sergeev
2006-09-24 19:14 ` David Wagner
2006-09-24 19:37 ` Kyle Moffett
2006-09-24 22:49 ` David Wagner
2006-09-25 10:53 ` Pavel Machek
2006-09-25 21:36 ` David Wagner
2006-09-27 11:51 ` Pavel Machek
2006-09-24 20:06 ` Denis Vlasenko
2006-09-24 20:22 ` Stas Sergeev
2006-09-24 23:04 ` David Wagner
2006-09-26 19:46 ` Stas Sergeev
2006-09-27 22:33 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-09-27 23:10 ` David Wagner
2006-09-27 23:38 ` Jesper Juhl
2006-09-29 1:14 ` David Wagner
2006-09-28 4:52 ` Stas Sergeev
2006-09-30 9:42 ` Stas Sergeev
2006-10-03 15:01 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-10-03 17:15 ` Stas Sergeev
2006-10-03 17:23 ` Ulrich Drepper
2006-10-03 18:06 ` Stas Sergeev
2006-10-03 19:19 ` Ulrich Drepper
2006-10-03 19:40 ` Stas Sergeev
2006-10-03 19:54 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-10-04 19:36 ` Stas Sergeev
2006-10-04 21:31 ` David Wagner
2006-10-04 3:11 ` David Wagner
2006-10-04 3:51 ` Ulrich Drepper
2006-10-04 4:21 ` David Wagner
2006-10-04 6:03 ` Kyle Moffett
2006-10-04 17:30 ` Ulrich Drepper
2006-10-03 18:23 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-10-03 18:40 ` Stas Sergeev
2006-10-03 18:42 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-10-03 19:07 ` Stas Sergeev
2006-10-03 21:00 ` Jakub Jelinek
2006-10-04 19:06 ` Stas Sergeev
2006-10-06 18:09 ` [patch] honour MNT_NOEXEC for access() Stas Sergeev
2006-10-06 21:34 ` Alan Cox
2006-10-06 21:17 ` Ulrich Drepper
2006-10-07 11:19 ` Stas Sergeev
2006-10-07 15:00 ` David Wagner
2006-10-07 16:31 ` Ulrich Drepper
2006-10-07 19:14 ` Stas Sergeev
2006-10-07 19:36 ` David Wagner
2006-10-08 8:32 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-10-08 9:11 ` Stas Sergeev
2006-10-08 10:55 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-10-08 13:46 ` Stas Sergeev
2006-10-09 2:09 ` Horst H. von Brand
2006-10-09 4:40 ` Stas Sergeev
2006-10-07 13:18 ` Stas Sergeev
2006-10-08 0:30 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2006-10-08 9:10 ` Stas Sergeev
2006-10-08 9:56 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2006-10-08 10:36 ` Stas Sergeev
2006-10-08 10:39 ` Jesper Juhl
2006-10-08 13:22 ` Stas Sergeev
2006-10-06 22:26 ` Jesper Juhl
2006-10-04 19:30 ` [patch] remove MNT_NOEXEC check for PROT_EXEC mmaps Stas Sergeev
2006-10-04 3:20 ` David Wagner [this message]
2006-10-04 3:17 ` David Wagner
2006-10-04 13:41 ` Jeff Dike
2006-10-04 18:02 ` Jesper Juhl
2006-10-04 19:48 ` Stas Sergeev
2006-09-27 19:16 ` [patch] remove MNT_NOEXEC check for PROT_EXEC MAP_PRIVATE mmaps Stas Sergeev
2006-09-27 20:05 ` Hugh Dickins
2006-09-28 4:33 ` Stas Sergeev
2006-09-28 16:42 ` Hugh Dickins
2006-09-29 1:41 ` David Wagner
2006-09-29 20:50 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-09-29 16:54 ` Stas Sergeev
2006-09-24 19:59 ` [patch] remove MNT_NOEXEC check for PROT_EXEC mmaps Alan Cox
2006-09-24 20:07 ` Stas Sergeev
2006-09-24 0:53 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-09-25 17:17 ` Stas Sergeev
2006-09-25 17:43 ` Stas Sergeev
2006-09-25 20:12 ` David Wagner
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