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SubjectRe: [PATCH] kernel: make /proc/kallsyms mode 400 to reduce ease of attacking
Hello,

On 11/04/2010 03:43 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> We already have relocatable kernel for kdump and IIRC it doesn't add
>> runtime overhead, so putting the kernel at random address shouldn't be
>> too difficult. Not sure how useful that would be tho.
>
> It's very coarse-grained relocation, which is why it works.

Yeah, I recall reading the fairly simple relocator somewhere in the
x86 tree. Would it be impossible/difficult to improve it?

> P.S. It's not just for kdump anymore.

Ah, didn't know that either.

Thanks.

--
tejun


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