Re: [PATCH 0/3] ELF executable signing and verification

[richard -rw- weinberger]

On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 12:15 AM, Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 11:27:12PM +0100, richard -rw- weinberger wrote:
>> On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 10:34 PM, Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > Upon exec(), we determine if executable is signed. If it is, then locks
>> > down the pages in memory (using MAP_LOCKED) and verfies the signature.
>> > If signature does not match, process is killed. Unsigned processes
>> > don't get affected at all.
>>
>> Also ptrace() should be disallowed on such a process created from a signed ELF.
>
> Yes, that I have listed in TODO. We need to disable ptrace for signed
> processes or make sure only signed process can trace it.

Memo to myself: Reading long mails on my Android sucks. ;)
I totally missed the TODO section. Sorry for the noise.

-- 
Thanks,
//richard
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