Re: [PATCH] exec: do not leave bprm->interp on stack

[Kees Cook]

On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 12:10 AM, P J P <ppandit@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>   Hello Kees, Al,
>
> +-- On Sat, 27 Oct 2012, Kees Cook wrote --+
> | If we change binfmt_script to not make a recursive call, then we still
> | need to keep the interp change somewhere off the stack. I still think
> | my patchset is the least bad.
> |
> | Al, do you have something else in mind?
>
>   Guys, are there any updates further?
>
>   Al, what's your take on the *rare* extra call to request_module?

Without any other feedback, I'd like to use my minimal allocation
patch, since it fixes the problem and doesn't change any of the
semantics of how/when loading happens.

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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