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SubjectRe: kaslr should avoid setup_data region
On 04/23/14 at 07:43pm, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 7:35 PM, Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com> wrote:
> > Hello Kees
> >
> > I'm worrying that setup_data regions could be overwitten by randomize
> > kernel base. Would you like to fix it in kaslr code?
> >
> > One problem is there could be a lot of setup_data regions but current
> > mem_avoid is an fixed array.
>
> Sure, can you give me some examples? Seems like it shouldn't be too
> hard to have the mem_avoid logic walk additional areas.

Great, To walk through the list just like the function parse_setup_data in
arch/x86/kernel/setup.c

Thanks
Dave


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