On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 9:11 PM, Bhupesh Sharma <[email protected]> wrote:
> powerpc: arch_mmap_rnd() uses hard-coded values, (23-PAGE_SHIFT) for
> 32-bit and (30-PAGE_SHIFT) for 64-bit, to generate the random offset
> for the mmap base address.
>
> This value represents a compromise between increased
> ASLR effectiveness and avoiding address-space fragmentation.
> Replace it with a Kconfig option, which is sensibly bounded, so that
> platform developers may choose where to place this compromise.
> Keep default values as new minimums.
>
> This patch makes sure that now powerpc mmap arch_mmap_rnd() approach
> is similar to other ARCHs like x86, arm64 and arm.
>
> Cc: Alexander Graf <[email protected]>
> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <[email protected]>
> Cc: Paul Mackerras <[email protected]>
> Cc: Michael Ellerman <[email protected]>
> Cc: Anatolij Gustschin <[email protected]>
> Cc: Alistair Popple <[email protected]>
> Cc: Matt Porter <[email protected]>
> Cc: Vitaly Bordug <[email protected]>
> Cc: Scott Wood <[email protected]>
> Cc: Kumar Gala <[email protected]>
> Cc: Daniel Cashman <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Bhupesh Sharma <[email protected]>
> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org>

This " at " should be "@", but otherwise, yay v2! :)

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Pixel Security

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