Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:42:34 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: + signal-always-clear-sa_restorer-on-execve.patch added to -mm tree |
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On Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:33:18 -0700 Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:
> > patch #1: use SA_RESTORER, cc stable (please promise me this will work OK) > > I don't have the ability to build all the architectures, but it seems > like the best flag based on code review.
SA_RESTORER looks OK back to 3.5 (at least).
> > patch #2: switch to __ARCH_HAS_SA_RESTORER, no cc stable > > > > I'm assuming this is all for 3.10, btw. If you think it should be in > > 3.9 then you need to write scarier changelogs. > > Well, I'm not sure it needs to be scarier; it's a serious local ASLR > info leak. I was hoping it could go into 3.9 since the expectation is > for it to go to stable, so why not put it in 3.9 now?
OK.
> Do you want me to spin up the 2-patch solution or is it too much of a hack?
Is OK, I have it all lined up.
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