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SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/3] x86: kernel base offset ASLR
On 04/05/2013 01:04 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> Random runtime shuffling of the kernel image - is that possible with
> existing toolchains?
>

Yes... the question is how much work we'd be willing to go through to
make it happen.

One approach: the kernel already contains a linker -- used for modules
-- and the bulk of the kernel could actually be composed to a "pile of
modules" that gets linked on boot. This would provide very large
amounts of randomness.

-hpa

--
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.



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