APPLIED: Re: [SRU Unstable 0/1] LP: #1983357 - 32-bit ASLR

Paolo Pisati paolo.pisati at canonical.com
Fri Oct 20 09:17:28 UTC 2023


On Thu, Oct 19, 2023 at 05:12:58PM -0300, Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo wrote:
> [Impact]
> 32-bit programs on x86 are not mapped randomly anymore since mmapped files are
> now PMD-aligned.
> 
> [Test case]
> qa-regression-testing ./test-kernel-security -k 021_aslr_dapper_libs
> Also, tested with 021_aslr_dapper_mmap.
> 
> [Potential regression]
> Programs may fail to load or to allocate memory or access mmapped
> databases, and others.
> 
> [Extra testing]
> This was boot tested on x86, demonstrating that programs necessary to boot
> still work. Also, a 32-bit program allocating 2GiB succeeded.

Applied with the extra note annotations.
-- 
bye,
p.



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