Re: [PATCH 0/3] ELF executable signing and verification

[richard -rw- weinberger]

On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 10:34 PM, Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Upon exec(), we determine if executable is signed. If it is, then locks
> down the pages in memory (using MAP_LOCKED) and verfies the signature.
> If signature does not match, process is killed. Unsigned processes
> don't get affected at all.

Also ptrace() should be disallowed on such a process created from a signed ELF.

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Thanks,
//richard
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