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Message-ID: <alpine.LRH.2.20.1704070749440.27111@namei.org>
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2017 07:54:17 +1000 (AEST)
From: James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
cc: kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com,
        Michael Leibowitz <michael.leibowitz@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/18] Introduce struct layout
 randomization plugin

On Thu, 6 Apr 2017, Kees Cook wrote:

> third party kernel module builds), it still has some value there since
> now all kernel builds would need to be tracked by an attacker.

I don't see this case as providing any value.  Tracking a bunch of known 
seed values seems like a pretty low bar for an attacker.



- James
-- 
James Morris
<jmorris@...ei.org>

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