From: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>,
Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com>,
Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>,
Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>,
Kyle Zeng <kylebot@openai.com>,
keyrings@vger.kernel.org, linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org,
linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] KEYS: changes for v7.4-rc1
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2026 23:53:06 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <atp3sgtYEQ1z0Dd4@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHk-=wjouh66VCZjhUedb+wkRTWB0vsoDjU3N0huGsiYXQ5S0A@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, Oct 22, 2026 at 10:06:56AM -1000, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Oct 2026 at 04:22, Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > A patch that Kyle Zeng submitted addresses a critical bug [..]
>
> Note that breaking local KASLR is not a "critical bug". We just call
> it "Thursday".
>
> Breaking KASRL locally is trivial using just all the normal local CPU
> timing attacks.
>
> KASLR is there to make remote attacks harder.
>
> Linus
Ok, that's fair and makes sense.
Br, Jarkko
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-21 14:22 [GIT PULL] KEYS: changes for v7.4-rc1 Jarkko Sakkinen
2026-10-22 20:06 ` Linus Torvalds
2026-10-22 20:53 ` Jarkko Sakkinen [this message]
2026-10-22 20:50 ` pr-tracker-bot
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