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Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 09:33:42 +0200
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
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Subject: Re: x86: PIE support and option to extend KASLR randomization


* Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz> wrote:

> > For example, there would be collision with regular user-space mappings, right? 
> > Can local unprivileged users use mmap(MAP_FIXED) probing to figure out where 
> > the kernel lives?
> 
> Local unpriviledged users can probably get your secret bits using cache probing 
> and jump prediction buffers.
> 
> Yes, you don't want to leak the information using mmap(MAP_FIXED), but CPU will 
> leak it for you, anyway.

Depends on the CPU I think, and CPU vendors are busy trying to mitigate this 
angle.

Thanks,

	Ingo

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