Bug 12375

Summary:	CONFIG_LEGACY_VSYSCALL_NONE is enabled on x86_64 only
Product:	IPFire	Reporter:	Peter Müller <peter.mueller>
Component:	---	Assignee:	Peter Müller <peter.mueller>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	Security
Priority:	Will affect an average number of users	CC:	michael.tremer
Version:	2
Hardware:	unspecified
OS:	All
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	12361

Description Peter Müller 2020-04-14 15:41:33 UTC

Quote from https://capsule8.com/blog/kernel-configuration-glossary/:

> Significance: High
> 
> There will be no vsyscall mapping at all. This will eliminate any risk of ASLR
> bypass due to the vsyscall fixed address mapping. Attempts to use the vsyscalls
> will be reported to dmesg so that either old or malicious userspace programs
> can be identified.

Comment 1 Peter Müller 2020-06-09 17:39:00 UTC

See also: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=852620

Comment 2 Peter Müller 2020-06-09 17:44:22 UTC

https://patchwork.ipfire.org/patch/3177/

Comment 3 Michael Tremer 2025-09-24 16:45:24 UTC

Patch has been dropped. I don't remember why.