linux-kernel - Re: When was ASLR introduced in the Linux kernel?

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Message-ID: <1291139457.2701.14.camel@GX620>
Date:	Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:50:57 +0100
From:	Victor van der Veen <vvdveen@...il.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: When was ASLR introduced in the Linux kernel?

> > 
> > - When was ASLR introduced in the Linux kernel (not PaX/ExecShield)? 
> > - When was ASLR enabled by default? 
> > - What's the current state of ASLR in the Linux kernel? Is it still
> > under development? Or should we rely on the PaX/ExecShield patches?
> 
> randomize-va-space:
> 
> echo  val >/proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
> 
> 
> vi +391 Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
> 
>  <snip>

Thanks, but this was not what I was really looking for. However,
searching for 'randomize_va_space' led me to a thread on lkml started by
Arjan van de Ven on January 27th, 2005:
http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/1/27/56

It would be great if someone can provide more details on this subject:
  1) when was randomize_va_space introduced? (probably somewhere in
2.6.11.x)
  2) when was it enabled by default (2.6.12.? but no announcement in
changelog?)
  3) which additions were added in later releases? (and when?)

Thanks,
Victor

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