On Wed 14-02-18 12:06:33, Kees Cook wrote: > Attempts to solve problems with the stack limit changing during exec > continue to be frustrated[1][2]. In addition to the specific issues around > the Stack Clash family of flaws, Andy Lutomirski pointed out[3] other > places during exec where the stack limit is used and is assumed to be > unchanging. Given the many places it gets used and the fact that it can be > manipulated/raced via setrlimit() and prlimit(), I think the only way to > handle this is to move away from the "current" view of the stack limit and > instead attach it to the bprm, and plumb this down into the functions that > need to know the stack limits. This series implements the approach. > > Neither I nor 0-day have found issues with this series, so I'd like to > get it into -mm for further testing. Sorry, for the late response. All three patches make sense to me. finalize_exec could see a much better documentation and explain what is the semantic. Anyway, feel free to add Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs
