Bug#537409: info

2009-07-19 Thread Michael S Gilbert
while this bug is still open, would it make sense to disable the gcc option/optimization/bug/flaw that allows this vulnerability to exist? the -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks flag will completely disable this option kernel-wide [1]. obviously there is a tradeoff here. the null pointer

Bug#537409: info

2009-07-19 Thread dann frazier
On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 12:09:05AM -0400, Michael S Gilbert wrote: while this bug is still open, would it make sense to disable the gcc option/optimization/bug/flaw that allows this vulnerability to exist? the -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks flag will completely disable this option kernel-wide