Re: [RFC][PATCH] Randomize kernel base address on boot

From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Fri May 27 2011 - 13:17:34 EST


On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 10:13 AM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> You can read the on-disk kernel file and find out.

So? Make it root-readable-only. Problem solved.

That's the _only_ difference, and it's trivial and irrelevant. Come up
with something more real, please.

Linus
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