On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 7:32 AM, Otto Moerbeek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > CVSROOT: /cvs > Module name: src > Changes by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2008/11/06 05:32:45 > > Modified files: > lib/libc/stdlib: malloc.c > > Log message: > if the freeprot flag (F) is set, do not do delayed frees for chunks > (might catch errors closer to the trouble spot) and junk fill pages just > before reuse instead of immediate (we can't access the page anyway) > since we set PROT_NONE in the F case. ok djm@
I don't think I like this. The delayed return is to make it harder to guess when memory is reused. My expectation is that adding more malloc options only makes malloc more secure. In that sense, this is a regression.
