>>> My understanding is that the new code, by passing shared memory
>>> through fd is a lot better since [...]
>> In those respects, yes. But it's worse in that it requires write
>> access to a filesystem - a filesystem which supports mmap - with
>> space enough to hold the shared memory segments,
* Alan Coopersmith (alan.coopersm...@oracle.com) wrote:
> As we expand our use of shared memory via the new extensions, we should try
> to make sure we're not making more problems along the lines of those mentioned
> in the presentation linked below & associated whitepaper published at:
> http://la
> Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 02:16:19 -0500 (EST)
> From: Mouse
>
> > My understanding is that the new code, by passing shared memory
> > through fd is a lot better since [...]
>
> In those respects, yes. But it's worse in that it requires write
> access to a filesystem - a filesystem which support
On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 02:16:19AM -0500, Mouse wrote:
> > My understanding is that the new code, by passing shared memory
> > through fd is a lot better since [...]
>
> In those respects, yes. But it's worse in that it requires write
> access to a filesystem - a filesystem which supports mmap -
> My understanding is that the new code, by passing shared memory
> through fd is a lot better since [...]
In those respects, yes. But it's worse in that it requires write
access to a filesystem - a filesystem which supports mmap - with space
enough to hold the shared memory segments, which MIT-S
On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 06:18:06PM -0800, Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> As we expand our use of shared memory via the new extensions, we should try
> to make sure we're not making more problems along the lines of those mentioned
> in the presentation linked below & associated whitepaper published at:
>
As we expand our use of shared memory via the new extensions, we should try
to make sure we're not making more problems along the lines of those mentioned
in the presentation linked below & associated whitepaper published at:
http://labs.portcullis.co.uk/whitepapers/memory-squatting-attacks-on-sys