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Re: [PATCH] malloc: verify the size of top chuck, stopping House of Force
- From: DJ Delorie <dj at redhat dot com>
- To: Zack Weinberg <zackw at panix dot com>
- Cc: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org, johnchen902 at gmail dot com
- Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2018 18:05:05 -0400
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] malloc: verify the size of top chuck, stopping House of Force
Zack Weinberg <zackw@panix.com> writes:
> Should we have a test case for this? It doesn't look hard to write,
> going by https://heap-exploitation.dhavalkapil.com/attacks/house_of_force.html
Not a bad idea; I'll add it to my to-do list, unless the author beats me
to it ;-)