Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 5 Jun 2007 17:16:16 -0400 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Protection for exploiting null dereference using mmap |
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On Tue, Jun 05, 2007 at 05:00:51PM -0400, James Morris wrote: > This should be an unsigned long. > > I wonder if the default should be for this value to be zero (i.e. preserve > existing behavior). It could break binaries, albeit potentially insecure
Agreed - DOSemu type apps and lrmi need to map at zero for vm86 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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