Re: [kernel-hardening] [PATCH 23/23] mm: Allow slab_nomerge to be set at build time

2017-06-20 Thread Kees Cook
On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 9:29 PM, Eric Biggers wrote: > On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 04:36:37PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote: >> Some hardened environments want to build kernels with slab_nomerge >> already set (so that they do not depend on remembering to set the kernel >> command line

Re: [kernel-hardening] [PATCH 23/23] mm: Allow slab_nomerge to be set at build time

2017-06-20 Thread Kees Cook
On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 9:29 PM, Eric Biggers wrote: > On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 04:36:37PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote: >> Some hardened environments want to build kernels with slab_nomerge >> already set (so that they do not depend on remembering to set the kernel >> command line option). This is

Re: [kernel-hardening] [PATCH 23/23] mm: Allow slab_nomerge to be set at build time

2017-06-20 Thread Kees Cook
On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 9:09 PM, Daniel Micay wrote: > On Mon, 2017-06-19 at 16:36 -0700, Kees Cook wrote: >> Some hardened environments want to build kernels with slab_nomerge >> already set (so that they do not depend on remembering to set the >> kernel >> command line

Re: [kernel-hardening] [PATCH 23/23] mm: Allow slab_nomerge to be set at build time

2017-06-20 Thread Kees Cook
On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 9:09 PM, Daniel Micay wrote: > On Mon, 2017-06-19 at 16:36 -0700, Kees Cook wrote: >> Some hardened environments want to build kernels with slab_nomerge >> already set (so that they do not depend on remembering to set the >> kernel >> command line option). This is desired

Re: [kernel-hardening] [PATCH 23/23] mm: Allow slab_nomerge to be set at build time

2017-06-19 Thread Eric Biggers
On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 04:36:37PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote: > Some hardened environments want to build kernels with slab_nomerge > already set (so that they do not depend on remembering to set the kernel > command line option). This is desired to reduce the risk of kernel heap > overflows being

Re: [kernel-hardening] [PATCH 23/23] mm: Allow slab_nomerge to be set at build time

2017-06-19 Thread Eric Biggers
On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 04:36:37PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote: > Some hardened environments want to build kernels with slab_nomerge > already set (so that they do not depend on remembering to set the kernel > command line option). This is desired to reduce the risk of kernel heap > overflows being

Re: [kernel-hardening] [PATCH 23/23] mm: Allow slab_nomerge to be set at build time

2017-06-19 Thread Daniel Micay
On Mon, 2017-06-19 at 16:36 -0700, Kees Cook wrote: > Some hardened environments want to build kernels with slab_nomerge > already set (so that they do not depend on remembering to set the > kernel > command line option). This is desired to reduce the risk of kernel > heap > overflows being able

Re: [kernel-hardening] [PATCH 23/23] mm: Allow slab_nomerge to be set at build time

2017-06-19 Thread Daniel Micay
On Mon, 2017-06-19 at 16:36 -0700, Kees Cook wrote: > Some hardened environments want to build kernels with slab_nomerge > already set (so that they do not depend on remembering to set the > kernel > command line option). This is desired to reduce the risk of kernel > heap > overflows being able