Re: [RFC] selftests/x86: Add test_vsyscall

[Borislav Petkov]

On Fri, Jan 05, 2018 at 09:53:16AM -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> emulate_noread would avoid one exploit technique that Kees saw
> somewhere.  And per-process disablement would let a system remain
> compatible with old binaries without reducing security for newer
> binaries.

Or we can simply say new binaries can switch to the vdso. Because this
way, vsyscall will never really be phased out - new shit will simply
keep using it.

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Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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