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Message-ID: <48EAB40C.5010607@redhat.com>
Date:	Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:57:48 -0700
From:	Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com>
To:	Kees Cook <kees.cook@...onical.com>
CC:	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jakub Jelinek <jakub@...hat.com>, libc-alpha@...rceware.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ELF: implement AT_RANDOM for future glibc use

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Kees Cook wrote:
> It sounds like it's not very safe,

Then investigate it.


> but on the other hand, glibc doesn't really care?

Of course we care.  Especially for SUID and uid==0 binaries.

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➧ Ulrich Drepper ➧ Red Hat, Inc. ➧ 444 Castro St ➧ Mountain View, CA ❖
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