Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Disturbing news.. | Date | Wed, 28 Mar 2001 13:29:22 -0400 | From | Horst von Brand <> |
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Shawn Starr <spstarr@sh0n.net> said: > Well, why can't the ELF loader module/kernel detect or have some sort of > restriction on modifying other/ELF binaries including itself from changing > the Entry point?
Because there are quite valid reasons for "normal" programs (e.g., ld(1) and other binary-futzing tools) to do so. No, I don't want a paranoic system where I (regular user) can't do this to my own files using a random binary editor. An executable is just a normal file in Unix, can't get around this without seriously breaking lots of stuff. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand mailto:vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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