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Kernel release status, StackProtector

Kernel release status, StackProtector

Posted Sep 26, 2009 13:45 UTC (Sat) by spender (subscriber, #23067)
In reply to: Kernel release status, StackProtector by mingo
Parent article: Kernel release status

"Unexploitable" isn't a term I would use. As I mentioned, it just takes an infoleak on the stack or per-cpu data to determine the cookie and then use this in the exploit payload. That a particular exploit is stopped doesn't logically imply that a working exploit cannot be written.

I can write such an exploit just for you, but since I'd be writing it just to prove a point to you (which I shouldn't have to do, see above re: taking some security training courses), you'd have to do something more for me than just stop using the word "unexploitable."

I'm open to ideas.

-Brad


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