The kdbuswreck
The kdbuswreck
Posted Apr 30, 2015 20:00 UTC (Thu) by cesarb (subscriber, #6266)In reply to: The kdbuswreck by metux-its
Parent article: The kdbuswreck
> And even memfd isn't required for that. Anybody heared of mmap() ?
The point of using a memfd is that it can be sealed, so there's no risk of a TOCTOU vulnerability in the receiver.
With mmap(), the sender can change what the receiver sees while the receiver is looking at it.
