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Re: turn off VDSO on glibc side
- From: heroxbd <heroxbd at gentoo dot org>
- To: libc-help <libc-help at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2013 08:48:15 +0900
- Subject: Re: turn off VDSO on glibc side
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Hi Siddhesh,
Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh.poyarekar@gmail.com> writes:
> Ask the SA to upgrade the kernel unless there's a really good reason
> to stay on an old, possibly vulnerable kernel. You've solved the
> wrong problem by disabling vdso.
I totally agree with you, and don't like this solution either. At the
same time, in real life having a hack like this is better than nothing.
Cheers,
Benda