On 03/01/18 19:46, John Hearns via Beowulf wrote:
I guess the phrase "to some extent" is the vital one here. Are there any security exploits which use this information?
It's more the fact that it reduces/negates the protection that existing kernel address space randomisation gives you, the idea of that being to make it harder for a wide range of exploits, known and unknown. More info here: https://lwn.net/Articles/738975/ All the best, Chris -- Chris Samuel : http://www.csamuel.org/ : Melbourne, VIC _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
