GCC 4.3.0 exposes a kernel bug
Posted Mar 7, 2008 22:19 UTC (Fri) by
JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330)
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GCC 4.3.0 exposes a kernel bug by shahms
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GCC 4.3.0 exposes a kernel bug
We were arguing about this on the gcc list, and it was unclear to me whether the DF flag could actually leak from one process to another (indicating a true security bug, however minor). If a context switch occurs, wouldn't the kernel restore all of process 2's registers before entering the signal handler?
Can a kernel expert confirm or deny this? (At least, for currently deployed kernels)?
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