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Message-ID: <CAOp4FwRmbE3vuPtfO_s_C2X+79SZG5khmThEEQ=XDsNEKbxuRg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 15:19:54 +0400
From: Loganaden Velvindron <loganaden@...il.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Cc: Assign a CVE Identifier <cve-assign@...re.org>
Subject: Re: CVE-Request: Linux ASLR mmap weakness: Reducing
 entropy by half

On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 3:01 PM, Hector Marco <hecmargi@....es> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> A bug in Linux ASLR implementation for versions prior to 3.19 has been
> found. The issue is that the mmap area for processes is not properly
> randomized on some architectures.
>
> Affected systems have reduced the mmap base area entropy of the processes by
> half.
>
>
> Details at:
> http://hmarco.org/bugs/linux-ASLR-reducing-mmap-by-half.html

Hi Hector,

The timeline is not rendered properly on Google chrome browser or
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>
>
>
> Could you please assign a CVE-ID for this?
>
>
>
> Hector Marco.
> http://hmarco.org
>
> Cyber-security researcher at
> http://cybersecurity.upv.es/



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