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From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
To: Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@suse.de>
Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>, lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] linux-2.6.2-rc2_vsyscall-gtod_B1.patch
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2004 20:35:40 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <401F251C.2090300@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040201012803.GN26076@dualathlon.random>

Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> I definitely call it a great success,

You got to be kidding.  Some object fixed in the address space which can
perform system calls.  Nothing is more welcome to somebody trying to
exploit some bugs.

The vdso must be randomized.  This is completely impossible with this
stupid fixed address scheme and it must be changed as soon as possible.

-- 
➧ Ulrich Drepper ➧ Red Hat, Inc. ➧ 444 Castro St ➧ Mountain View, CA ❖

  reply	other threads:[~2004-02-03  4:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-01-29  2:46 [RFC][PATCH] linux-2.6.2-rc2_vsyscall-gtod_B1.patch john stultz
2004-01-29  5:06 ` Ulrich Drepper
2004-01-29 13:26   ` Jamie Lokier
2004-01-29 18:05     ` Ulrich Drepper
2004-01-29 19:15       ` Jamie Lokier
2004-01-29 23:59         ` john stultz
2004-01-30  0:40           ` Ulrich Drepper
2004-01-30  0:31         ` Ulrich Drepper
2004-01-30  4:17           ` Jamie Lokier
2004-01-30  5:09             ` Ulrich Drepper
2004-01-30  9:29               ` Ingo Molnar
2004-02-03  4:38                 ` Ulrich Drepper
2004-01-30 17:34               ` Jamie Lokier
2004-01-30  8:33             ` Jakub Jelinek
2004-01-30 17:21               ` Jamie Lokier
2004-01-31  0:10     ` Eric W. Biederman
2004-01-31  2:41       ` Jamie Lokier
2004-01-31  5:54         ` Eric W. Biederman
2004-02-01  1:28   ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-02-03  4:35     ` Ulrich Drepper [this message]
2004-02-03  5:34       ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-02-03  8:52       ` Jamie Lokier
2004-02-03 16:25         ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-02-03 17:37           ` Jamie Lokier
2004-02-03 18:10             ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-02-03 18:23               ` Jamie Lokier
2004-02-03 18:34                 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-01-31  0:17 ` Eric W. Biederman
2004-01-31  2:20   ` john stultz
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     [not found]               ` <20040203182310.GA18326@mail.shareable.org.suse.lists.linux.kernel>
2004-02-04  2:27                 ` Andi Kleen
2004-02-04  2:40                   ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-02-04  4:21                   ` Jamie Lokier
2004-02-05 21:43                     ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-02-06  4:15                       ` Rik van Riel
2004-02-06  4:28                         ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-02-06  9:23                           ` Ulrich Drepper
2004-02-06 15:49                             ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-02-07  0:37                               ` Ulrich Drepper
2004-02-07  2:19                                 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-02-07  3:37                                   ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2004-02-07  4:36                                     ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-02-07  4:53                                       ` Jamie Lokier

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