Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 11:58:01 -0700 From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> To: Andrzej Bialecki <abial@nask.pl> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern imgact_elf.c Message-ID: <199809161858.LAA02037@austin.polstra.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 16 Sep 1998 08:42:38 %2B0200." <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9809160840180.17001-100000@korin.warman.org.pl>
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> > Instead of just the data and stack segments, include all writable > > segments (except memory-mapped devices) in the ELF core file. This > > is really nice. You get access to the data areas of all shared > > libraries, and even to files that are mapped read-write. > ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > I wonder if it could be used to gather some security related info out of > core file... I don't believe it opens any security holes of any kind. If you can come up with a specific scenario, by all means let us know. -- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Self-knowledge is always bad news." -- John Barth
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