On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 2:21 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > One thing about this that may be a serious concern: allowing the user to > control 8 contiguous bytes of kernel memory may be a security hazard. I'm confused. What kind of memory? I can control a lot more than 8 bytes of stack very easily. Or are you concerned about 8 contiguous bytes of *executable* memory? --Andy -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-api" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
