Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 19:25:18 +0100 (CET)
From: Jesper Juhl <juhl-lkml@dif.dk>
To: Mike Fedyk <mfedyk@matchmail.com>
cc: Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] invalid ELF binaries can execute - better sanity
 checking
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On Fri, 9 Jan 2004, Mike Fedyk wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 11:50:53AM +0100, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> > I just wanted to get some feedback initially. The patch was a very minor
> > bit of the email I send, and probably the least important bit.
> > I wanted to get peoples reactions to the thought of adding stronger sanity
> > checks. The patch was just a minor thing - the discussion about "do we
> > want additional checks?" was the important bit.
>
> There are some patches for the elf loader from one of the big names in LKML,
> but I forgot who it was.  Maybe a search through google will bring something
> up...
>
I have been digging for patches, and I've found some that clean up various
bits in various archs, and I'll try to take all that into account in my
own modifications.


-- Jesper Juhl

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