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Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 23:28:51 +0400
From: Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@...nwall.com>
To: kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: segoon's status report - #6 of 15

Accomplishments:

  * Implemented and tested HARDEN_SHM.
  * Implemented HARDEN_VM86, spotted an analogy with seccomp v2.
  * Got an information from LKML that procfs patch is incomplete in sense of
    taskstats and proc connector.  Heavily reworked implementation,
    removed hidepid=2.  Sent a ptrace part of the patch to LKML.
  * While observing taskstats code, fixed local DoS.
  * Sent a comment about RLIMIT_NPROC.
  * Started to read Intel Architecture Developer's Manual to
    review/implement full kernel RO/NX.

Priorities:

  * Continue to discuss everything with upstream.
  * Push/discuss pending patches to LKML.
  * Overview PaX features, determine what parts of it are acceptable for
    upstream.

-- 
Vasiliy

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