Re: "Advances in Security" in the Linux Kernel and RedHat idiocy

[Michal Zalewski <lcamtuf () ghettot org>]

On Thu, 27 Jan 2005, Brad Spengler wrote:

> I guess anyone who thinks that taking a hardcoded exploit and running it
> 256 times would always result in a successful exploit is stupid.

It would not always result in a successful exploitation; just as flipping
the coin twice is not a guarantee of getting tails once.

Other than that, the amount of randomization is indeed puny; but then,
even 32-bit randomization is a good defense only in certain situations,
and often, can be defeated with some time, aided by luck or a decent
NOP-equivalent sled.

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