Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:36:55 +0100 | | From | Sam Ravnborg <> | | Subject | Re: vmsplice exploits, stack protector and Makefiles | |
On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 11:08:18AM -0800, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:50:12 +0100
> Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > Now I realize that certain distros have patched gcc to compensate
> > > for their lack of distro wide CFLAGS, and it's great to work around
> > > that... but would there be a way to NOT disable this for
> > > CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR please? It would have made this exploit
> > > not possible for those kernels that enable this feature (and that
> > > includes distros like Fedora)
> >
> > I guess the problem is that we in arch/x86/Makefile enable the
> > stackprotector but then later in the main Makefile disables it.
> > So the right way to approach this should be to always disable it and
> > the reenable it in the arch Makefile.
> > So something like this?
>
>
> the patch works fine for me.
> Linus, can we please get this merged into .25? it will at least
> again limit the damage exploits like the vmsplice one can do..
>
> (I think it's also worth it for -stable)
I will prepare it for my next -fix round. Due in a few days.
Sam
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