Re: [vs-plain] Re: [PATCH] mm: larger stack guard gap, between vmas

From	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [vs-plain] Re: [PATCH] mm: larger stack guard gap, between vmas
Date	2017-06-23 06:50 +0200
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On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 8:10 PM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> Has anyone checked how grsecurity deals with this?  I think they have
> a large stack guard gap.

Don't bother with grsecurity.

Their approach has always been "we don't care if we break anything,
we'll just claim it's because we're extra secure".

The thing is a joke, and they are clowns. When they started talking
about people taking advantage of them, I stopped trying to be polite
about their bullshit.

Their patches are pure garbage.

                  Linus

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Re: [PATCH] mm: larger stack guard gap, between vmas Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu> - 2017-06-22 14:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] mm: larger stack guard gap, between vmas Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2017-06-22 15:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] mm: larger stack guard gap, between vmas Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu> - 2017-06-22 15:20 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] mm: larger stack guard gap, between vmas Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu> - 2017-06-22 15:30 +0200
    Re: [vs-plain] Re: [PATCH] mm: larger stack guard gap, between vmas Levente Polyak <anthraxx@archlinux.org> - 2017-06-22 16:00 +0200
      Re: [vs-plain] Re: [PATCH] mm: larger stack guard gap, between vmas Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu> - 2017-06-22 16:10 +0200
        Re: [vs-plain] Re: [PATCH] mm: larger stack guard gap, between vmas Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2017-06-22 16:20 +0200
          Re: [vs-plain] Re: [PATCH] mm: larger stack guard gap, between vmas Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu> - 2017-06-22 16:40 +0200
            Re: [vs-plain] Re: [PATCH] mm: larger stack guard gap, between vmas Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2017-06-23 05:20 +0200
              Re: [vs-plain] Re: [PATCH] mm: larger stack guard gap, between vmas Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2017-06-23 06:50 +0200
          Re: [vs-plain] Re: [PATCH] mm: larger stack guard gap, between vmas Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> - 2017-06-22 23:30 +0200

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