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SubjectRe: [PATCH] slub: Relocate freelist pointer to middle of object
On Thu, 5 Mar 2020, Kees Cook wrote:

> Instead of having the freelist pointer at the very beginning of an
> allocation (offset 0) or at the very end of an allocation (effectively
> offset -sizeof(void *) from the next allocation), move it away from
> the edges of the allocation and into the middle. This provides some
> protection against small-sized neighboring overflows (or underflows),
> for which the freelist pointer is commonly the target. (Large or well
> controlled overwrites are much more likely to attack live object contents,
> instead of attempting freelist corruption.)

Sounds good. You could even randomize the position to avoid attacks on via
the freelist pointer.

Acked-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>

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