Re: [PATCH] VM/Security: add security hook to do_brk

On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 11:06:55AM -0500, Eric Paris wrote:
> Given a specifically crafted binary do_brk() can be used to get low
> pages available in userspace virtually memory and can thus be used to
> circumvent the mmap_min_addr low memory protection.  Add security checks
> in do_brk().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <[email protected]>

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