* Pavel Machek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > From: Jiri Kosina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > brk: check the lower bound properly
> >
> > There is a check in sys_brk(), that tries to make sure that we do not
> > underflow the area that is dedicated to brk heap.
> >
> > The check is however wrong, as it assumes that brk area starts immediately
> > after the end of the code (+bss), which is wrong for example in
> > environments with randomized brk start. The proper way is to check whether
> > the address is not below the start_brk address.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> ACK.
actually, does the patch above from Jiri solve the problem with your 11
year old binaries too? (Sorry if it has been mentioned elsewhere, i
could not decode it from this thread.)
Ingo
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