linux-kernel - Re: StackProtector Oopses

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Date:	Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:34:08 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
Cc:	Reuben Farrelly <reuben-linuxkernel@...b.net>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: StackProtector Oopses - Re: 2.6.25-mm1


* Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org> wrote:

> > yeah. Arjan - any new patches to try that might fix the bootup test?
> 
> I've looked at the disassembly and compared it to mine, and the gcc is 
> doing something... rather unexpected. The only thing I can think of is 
> the patch below, it should make it a ton more robust...

> -	memset(&foo, 0, 2*sizeof(foo)); /* deliberate buffer overflow */
> +	if (current->stack_canary == *(((unsigned long *)&foo)+1))
> +		*(((unsigned long *)&foo)+1) = 0;
> +	else
> +		printk(KERN_ERR "No -ftack-protector canary found\n");

ok, i queued this up. (with the typo that Valdis noticed fixed)

but ... this bug needs to be figured out, not worked around.

	Ingo
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