Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] stronger ELF sanity checks v2 | Date | Thu, 15 Jan 2004 14:13:00 +0100 | From | Pascal Schmidt <> |
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On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 08:50:12 +0100, you wrote in linux.kernel:
> ld.so performs itself some tests, supplementing the tests in the kernel. > This is enough to catch ill-formed programs which might cause problems.
Not everybody is using glibc, ld.so implementations vary and it's probable that not all do really check much.
I agree that the kernel should only check values that it really uses, though. The other checks could be optional (CONFIG_WHATEVER) and/or only lead to debugging messages if they fail.
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