[uClibc] Re: uclibc and heap randomisation (ET_EXEC)

[Peter S. Mazinger]

On Mon, 30 Aug 2004, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:

> > On Sat, 14 Aug 2004, Peter S. Mazinger wrote:
> > 
> > > Hello!
> > > 
> > > The latest uclibc-cvs solved the heap randomisation issue on PAX enabled 
> > > kernels
> > 
> > The attached patch killed again heap reandomisation (it was 
> > applied to cvs between aug.27-30, don't know exactly).
> > Is it really necessary?
> > 
> > Peter
> 
> Hmm, I removed that code by mistake and that broke procps. So I added
> it again. Why does it break heap randomisation? I don't know if both
> __environ and __curbrk is needed for procps. Maybe only one of
> them is needed? Does heap randomisation need both of them to go away
> or is it enough with __curbrk?

Only the brk part is the cause. To understand what is needed, 
please look for (s)brk issues in the ml archive. I have no programming 
knowledge, so I can't tell you more about it (look for PaX/PAX, some of 
the mails where sent by me or by pageexec at freemail dot hu)

Peter

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