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Commit 2a5eb999 authored by Kees Cook's avatar Kees Cook
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binfmt_elf: Leave a gap between .bss and brk


Currently the brk starts its randomization immediately after .bss,
which means there is a chance that when the random offset is 0, linear
overflows from .bss can reach into the brk area. Leave at least a single
page gap between .bss and brk (when it has not already been explicitly
relocated into the mmap range).

Reported-by: default avatar <y0un9n132@gmail.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-hardening/CA+2EKTVLvc8hDZc+2Yhwmus=dzOUG5E4gV7ayCbu0MPJTZzWkw@mail.gmail.com/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240217062545.1631668-2-keescook@chromium.org


Signed-off-by: default avatarKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
parent a9c3475d
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