Thread (78 messages) flat view 78 messages, 7 authors, 2014-08-19

Re: [PATCH RFC v4 net-next 01/26] net: filter: add "load 64-bit immediate" eBPF instruction

From: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Date: 2014-08-13 21:23:54
Also in: lkml, netdev

On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 2:21 PM, H. Peter Anvin [off-list ref] 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
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