[PATCH 3.14 16/18] arm64/mm: Remove hack in mmap randomize layout

2015-09-11 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
3.14-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. -- From: Yann Droneaud commit d6c763afab142a85e4770b4bc2a5f40f256d5c5d upstream. Since commit 8a0a9bd4db63 ('random: make get_random_int() more random'), get_random_int() returns a random value for eac

[PATCH 3.10 11/11] arm64/mm: Remove hack in mmap randomize layout

2015-09-11 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
3.10-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. -- From: Yann Droneaud commit d6c763afab142a85e4770b4bc2a5f40f256d5c5d upstream. Since commit 8a0a9bd4db63 ('random: make get_random_int() more random'), get_random_int() returns a random value for eac

Patch "arm64/mm: Remove hack in mmap randomize layout" has been added to the 3.14-stable tree

2015-09-11 Thread gregkh
This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled arm64/mm: Remove hack in mmap randomize layout to the 3.14-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is:

Patch "arm64/mm: Remove hack in mmap randomize layout" has been added to the 3.10-stable tree

2015-09-11 Thread gregkh
This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled arm64/mm: Remove hack in mmap randomize layout to the 3.10-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is:

Re: arm64/mm: Remove hack in mmap randomize layout

2015-09-11 Thread Greg KH
On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 05:07:54PM +0200, Matthias Brugger wrote: > Hi all, > > Commit d6c763afab14 "arm64/mm: Remove hack in mmap randomize layout" fixes a > security issue which reduces the entropy for mmap base address by half [1]. > A attempt to guess where the

[added to the 3.18 stable tree] arm64/mm: Remove hack in mmap randomize layout

2015-08-27 Thread Sasha Levin
From: Yann Droneaud This patch has been added to the 3.18 stable tree. If you have any objections, please let us know. === [ Upstream commit d6c763afab142a85e4770b4bc2a5f40f256d5c5d ] Since commit 8a0a9bd4db63 ('random: make get_random_int() more random'), get_random_int() returns

[PATCH 3.12 075/124] arm64/mm: Remove hack in mmap randomize layout

2015-07-28 Thread Jiri Slaby
From: Yann Droneaud 3.12-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. === commit d6c763afab142a85e4770b4bc2a5f40f256d5c5d upstream. Since commit 8a0a9bd4db63 ('random: make get_random_int() more random'), get_random_int() returns a random value for each c

[patch added to the 3.12 stable tree] arm64/mm: Remove hack in mmap randomize layout

2015-07-27 Thread Jiri Slaby
From: Yann Droneaud This patch has been added to the 3.12 stable tree. If you have any objections, please let us know. === commit d6c763afab142a85e4770b4bc2a5f40f256d5c5d upstream. Since commit 8a0a9bd4db63 ('random: make get_random_int() more random'), get_random_int() returns a r

Re: arm64/mm: Remove hack in mmap randomize layout

2015-07-21 Thread Jiri Slaby
On 07/13/2015, 05:07 PM, Matthias Brugger wrote: > Hi all, > > Commit d6c763afab14 "arm64/mm: Remove hack in mmap randomize layout" fixes a > security issue which reduces the entropy for mmap base address by half [1]. > A attempt to guess where the stack is mapped v

Re: arm64/mm: Remove hack in mmap randomize layout

2015-07-15 Thread Yann Droneaud
Hi, Le lundi 13 juillet 2015 à 17:07 +0200, Matthias Brugger a écrit : > > Commit d6c763afab14 "arm64/mm: Remove hack in mmap randomize layout" > fixes a security issue which reduces the entropy for mmap base > address by half [1]. > A attempt to guess where the stack

arm64/mm: Remove hack in mmap randomize layout

2015-07-13 Thread Matthias Brugger
Hi all, Commit d6c763afab14 "arm64/mm: Remove hack in mmap randomize layout" fixes a security issue which reduces the entropy for mmap base address by half [1]. A attempt to guess where the stack is mapped via brute-force needs just half the attempts. I found this patch was added to

[PATCH 3.16.y-ckt 126/129] arm64/mm: Remove hack in mmap randomize layout

2015-05-22 Thread Luis Henriques
3.16.7-ckt12 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. -- From: Yann Droneaud commit d6c763afab142a85e4770b4bc2a5f40f256d5c5d upstream. Since commit 8a0a9bd4db63 ('random: make get_random_int() more random'), get_random_int() returns a random val