From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751169AbVIVUrj (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Sep 2005 16:47:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751171AbVIVUrj (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Sep 2005 16:47:39 -0400 Received: from c3po.0xdef.net ([217.172.181.57]:56974 "EHLO c3po.0xdef.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751169AbVIVUri (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Sep 2005 16:47:38 -0400 Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 22:47:37 +0200 From: Hagen Paul Pfeifer To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: security patch Message-ID: <20050922204737.GA5267@0xdef.net> Mail-Followup-To: Hagen Paul Pfeifer , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20050922194433.13200.qmail@webmail2.locasite.com.br> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050922194433.13200.qmail@webmail2.locasite.com.br> X-Key-Id: 98350C22 X-Key-Fingerprint: 490F 557B 6C48 6D7E 5706 2EA2 4A22 8D45 9835 0C22 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * breno@kalangolinux.org | 2005-09-22 19:44:33 [-0000]: >I'm doing a new feature for linux kernel 2.6 to protect against all kinds of buffer >overflow. It works with new sys_control() system call controling if a process can or can't >call a system call ie. sys_execve(); [...] >Questions .. suggestions. Think about userspace loaders! E.g. John Reiser's UPX or technics used in self[0]. What about "protect against all kinds of buffer overflow", at least the aplication can still be crash. >Breno at kalangolinux.org HGN [0] http://www.phrack.org/show.php?p=63&a=11