Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [patch 0/6] lightweight robust futexes: -V3 | From | Daniel Walker <> | Date | Thu, 16 Feb 2006 09:34:16 -0800 |
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On Thu, 2006-02-16 at 18:24 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > * Daniel Walker <dwalker@mvista.com> wrote: > > > Another thing I noticed was that futex_offset on the surface looks > > like a malicious users dream variable .. [...] > > i have no idea what you mean by that - could you explain whatever threat > you have in mind, in more detail?
As I said, "on the surface" you could manipulate the futex_offset to access memory unrelated to the futex structure . That's all I'm referring too ..
Daniel
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