Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 6 Jan 2000 20:22:17 +0100 | From | Richard Zidlicky <> | Subject | Re: Command-line anomoly V2.3.35 |
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> > IMHO, programs that depend on overwriting argv members without regard to > > checking for buffer overflows are broken, especially from a portability > > standpoint. The space for the args is allocated on the user stack at > > exec time, and the limits are stored in the mm struct for the task (this > > is from binfmt_elf.c). If you exceed that space you will spill into the > > space for the environment variables. > > > > Yes, but who checks environment variables anyway? <grin>
did you ever link your progs against (g)libc ? <g>
Bye Richard
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