prelink -R

Discussion in 'all things UNIX' started by Gullible Jones, Feb 20, 2013.

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  1. From the prelink man page:

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           -R --random
                  When  assigning  addresses  to  libraries,  start  with a random
                  address within the architecture-dependent virtual address  space
                  range.   This  can  make  some  buffer overflow attacks slightly
                  harder to exploit, because libraries are not present on the same
                  addresses  across  different machines.  Normally, assigning vir‐
                  tual addresses starts at the bottom of  the  architecture-depen‐
                  dent range.
    
    How much is "slightly harder" in this case? On desktop systems that support it, could this be a useful addition to the kernel's ASLR?
     
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