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Bjoern A. Zeeb 878adb8517 Add a mitigation feature that will prevent user mappings at
virtual address 0, limiting the ability to convert a kernel
NULL pointer dereference into a privilege escalation attack.

If the sysctl is set to 0 a newly started process will not be able
to map anything in the address range of the first page (0 to PAGE_SIZE).
This is the default. Already running processes are not affected by this.

You can either change the sysctl or the tunable from loader in case
you need to map at a virtual address of 0, for example when running
any of the extinct species of a set of a.out binaries, vm86 emulation, ..
In that case set security.bsd.map_at_zero="1".

Superseeds:		r197537
In collaboration with:	jhb, kib, alc
2009-10-02 17:48:51 +00:00
bin sh: Disallow mismatched quotes in backticks (...). 2009-10-01 21:40:08 +00:00
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crypto Upgrade to OpenSSH 5.3p1. 2009-10-01 17:12:52 +00:00
etc The net.inet.tcp.log_in_vain accepts 0, 1 or 2, not Y/N. 2009-10-02 06:51:39 +00:00
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secure Upgrade to OpenSSH 5.3p1. 2009-10-01 17:12:52 +00:00
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sys Add a mitigation feature that will prevent user mappings at 2009-10-02 17:48:51 +00:00
tools sh: Disallow mismatched quotes in backticks (...). 2009-10-01 21:40:08 +00:00
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usr.sbin Fix using lp(1) without the new -t option after r194171. 2009-09-29 21:28:32 +00:00
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