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Re: kernel security
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Urs Beyerle <[log in to unmask]>
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Urs Beyerle <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:46:26 +0200
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Urs Beyerle wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I guess SL is affected like most other Linux distributions.
>
> I'm not 100% sure, but setting vm.mmap_min_addr to a value above 0
> should prevent an exploit.
>
> # sysctl vm.mmap_min_addr=4096
>   

at least on a SL5 system with mmap_min_addr support.

    Urs

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