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Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2016 14:03:22 -0700
From: Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@...gle.com>
To: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com, Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>, David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
Greg Thelen <gthelen@...gle.com>, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
linux-mm@...ck.org, labbott@...oraproject.org
Subject: Re: [RFC v1] mm: SLAB freelist randomization
Yes, sorry about that. It will be in the next RFC or PATCH.
On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 1:54 PM, Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 06, 2016 at 12:35:48PM -0700, Thomas Garnier wrote:
>> Provide an optional config (CONFIG_FREELIST_RANDOM) to randomize the
>> SLAB freelist. This security feature reduces the predictability of
>> the kernel slab allocator against heap overflows.
>>
>> Randomized lists are pre-computed using a Fisher-Yates shuffle and
>> re-used on slab creation for performance.
>> ---
>> Based on next-20160405
>> ---
>
> No signed-off-by:?
>
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