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Re: [PATCH] Vtable pointer verification, gcc changes (patch 2 of 2)

From: Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>
To: Caroline Tice <cmtice at google dot com>
Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2012 10:36:36 +0100
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Vtable pointer verification, gcc changes (patch 2 of 2)
References: <CABtf2+SdU_aWMj-v6J=WM8onenUX0UZY72bdKj2a4JEtUXe-pw@mail.gmail.com>

On 11/05/2012 06:48 PM, Caroline Tice wrote:

As requested, I have split the original patch into two parts: GCC
changes and runtime library changes.  The attached patch is fore the
gcc changes.

Out of curiosity, what's the primary source of wrong vtable values you expect? User-after-free issues, heap spraying, or something else?

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Florian Weimer / Red Hat Product Security Team

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