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Prelink and address space randomization

Prelink and address space randomization

Posted Jul 22, 2006 15:35 UTC (Sat) by roelofs (guest, #2599)
In reply to: Prelink and address space randomization by roelofs
Parent article: Prelink and address space randomization

I hate replying to myself, but:

It's an overflow by two bytes, and those two bytes are "n" and "k" no matter how mangled you make the image.

Doh, it's a string: the two bytes are always "k" and a NULL, not "n" and "k". But the same line of argument holds.

Greg


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