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From: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
To: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>,
	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
	akpm@linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ELF: fix kernel.randomize_va_space double read
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2024 12:40:39 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <171899883660.3914852.8274555416549796593.b4-ty@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3329905c-7eb8-400a-8f0a-d87cff979b5b@p183>

On Fri, 21 Jun 2024 21:54:50 +0300, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> ELF loader uses "randomize_va_space" twice. It is sysctl and can change
> at any moment, so 2 loads could see 2 different values in theory with
> unpredictable consequences.
> 
> Issue exactly one load for consistent value across one exec.
> 
> 
> [...]

Applied to for-next/execve, thanks!

[1/1] ELF: fix kernel.randomize_va_space double read
      https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/2a97388a807b

Take care,

-- 
Kees Cook



      reply	other threads:[~2024-06-21 19:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-06-21 18:54 Alexey Dobriyan
2024-06-21 19:40 ` Kees Cook [this message]

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