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vmsplice(): the making of a local root exploitvmsplice(): the making of a local root exploitPosted Feb 12, 2008 9:11 UTC (Tue) by and (subscriber, #2883)In reply to: vmsplice(): the making of a local root exploit by jwb Parent article: vmsplice(): the making of a local root exploit
If my understanding of this is correct, then off is the offset within the first page (i.e. off is always smaller than PAGE_SIZE).
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vmsplice(): the making of a local root exploit Posted Feb 12, 2008 22:48 UTC (Tue) by jd (guest, #26381) [Link] If it's just casting, then fixing an unexploitable casting bug is tidier than leaving it, explicitly states intention, and prevents these souped-up aggressive optimizing compilers used on the kernel from optimizing in a problem sometime down the road. On the other hand, unnecessary changes introduce risks of adding as many problems as they fix.
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