linux-kernel - Re: [malware-list] [RFC 0/5] [TALPA] Intro to a linuxinterfaceforon access scanning

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Date:	Wed, 13 Aug 2008 06:58:54 -0700
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>
Cc:	"Press, Jonathan" <Jonathan.Press@...com>, davecb@....com,
	Mihai Don??u <mdontu@...defender.com>,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>, tvrtko.ursulin@...hos.com,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	malware-list@...ts.printk.net
Subject: Re: [malware-list] [RFC 0/5] [TALPA] Intro to a linuxinterfaceforon
 access scanning

On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:56:38 +0200
Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz> wrote:
> So you make sure all apps are modified. Distros are good at that, and
> modifications are not that hard.
> 
> Plus, proposed solution already has three unacceptable holes:
> 
> 1) it only catches known signatures
> 
> 2) write vs. read race mentioned above
> 
> 3) mmap problem
> 
> . Making sure all apps use libmalware.so is trivial compared to
> solving 3).

the other thing is.. all applications ALREADY use such a library. It's
called "glibc".



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