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Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2018 16:03:42 -0700
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] task_struct: Only use anon struct under randstruct
plugin
On Tue, 27 Mar 2018 14:36:09 -0700 Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
> The original intent for always adding the anonymous struct in task_struct
> was to make sure we had compiler coverage. However, this caused
> pathological padding of 40 bytes at the start of task_struct.
Why? What caused this padding? It happens in all configs?
> Instead,
> move the anonymous struct to being only used when struct layout
> randomization is enabled.
So the mysterious 40 byte bloat is still present in this case?
> Reported-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> Fixes: 29e48ce87f1e ("task_struct: Allow randomized")
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Why cc:stable?
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