Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity (ADI)

[James Morris]

On 03/08/2016 06:54 AM, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> This makes sense, but I still think the design is poor.  If the hacker
> gets code execution, then they can trivially brute force the ADI bits.

ADI in this scenario is intended to prevent the attacker from gaining 
code execution in the first place.