kernel-hardening - Re: [PATCH v4 1/4] syscalls: Restore address limit after a syscall

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Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 13:54:40 -0700
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/4] syscalls: Restore address limit after a syscall

On 03/22/17 13:49, Thomas Garnier wrote:
> 
> We can default to BUGging. I think my approach was avoiding doing a
> BUG_ON just to avoid breaking people.
> 

Breaking on a potentially-exploitable bug is a feature.

	-hpa

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