segoon's status report - #11 of 15
Accomplishments:
* Posted v2 and v3 of USERCOPY RFC to LKML.
* Stated the GNU_STACK handling issue on k-h list.
* Got a new direction of work in GNU_STACK area (RHEL's exec shield implementation).
* Summarized all accomplishments of the GSoC and posted the list on k-h list.
* Built and posted a list of possibly dangerous kernel infoleaks.
* Reviewed PAX_MPROTECT feature and posted the summary to the list.
* Reviewed securelevel'ish Grsecurity restrictions and posted my thoughts on k-h list.
* Started to implement more finegranted HARDEN_PROC feature.
* Got a new task from Solar: investigate differences in base addresses for mmap areas in x86-32 and 32-bit tasks in x86-64.
Priorities:
* RLIMIT_NPROC discussion with upstream.
* USERCOPY discussion and elaboration.
* HARDEN_RPOC implementation.
* GNU_STACK issue investigation.
* Base lib address differences in x86-32 and 32-bit tasks in x86-64.
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