On Wed, 2017-06-21 at 10:32 -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> To allow for a lower ELF_ET_DYN_BASE, loaders (ET_DYN without INTERP)
> are loaded into the mmap region, leaving space available for either
> an
> ET_EXEC binary with a fixed location or PIE being loaded into mmap by
> the
> loader. Only PIE programs are loaded offset from ELF_ET_DYN_BASE,
> which
> means architectures can now safely lower their values without risk of
> loaders colliding with their subsequently loaded programs.
>
> For 64-bit, ELF_ET_DYN_BASE is best set to 4GB to allow runtimes to
> use
> the entire 32-bit address space for 32-bit pointers.
>
> Thanks to PaX Team, Daniel Micay, and Rik van Riel for inspiration
> and
> suggestions on how to implement this solution.
>
> Fixes: d1fd836dcf00 ("mm: split ET_DYN ASLR from mmap ASLR")
> Cc: [email protected]
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Rik van Riel <[email protected]>
