From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 17:11:48 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 17:11:39 -0500 Received: from mnh-1-13.mv.com ([207.22.10.45]:65288 "EHLO ccure.karaya.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 17:11:07 -0500 Message-Id: <200101032320.SAA03593@ccure.karaya.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 To: Dan Aloni cc: linux-kernel , mark@itsolve.co.uk Subject: Re: [RFC] prevention of syscalls from writable segments, breaking bug exploits In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 03 Jan 2001 23:13:31 +0200." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 18:20:39 -0500 From: Jeff Dike Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org karrde@callisto.yi.org said: > This preliminary, small patch prevents execution of system calls which > were executed from a writable segment. It was tested and seems to > work, without breaking anything. It also reports of such calls by > using printk. Have you tried running UML on this kernel? Jeff - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/