diff options
author | Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> | 2009-07-15 17:41:36 -0700 |
---|---|---|
committer | Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> | 2009-07-15 17:41:36 -0700 |
commit | d7bd7a8ae8cdb3f1414b1e032759d9ef324eb040 (patch) | |
tree | 555d873e7dc81df310b6dff476a3d893b6c25a99 /gnulib | |
parent | 59cbcac015cdd446c346cfd2c2ada3f94ef540b2 (diff) | |
download | glibc-d7bd7a8ae8cdb3f1414b1e032759d9ef324eb040.tar.gz glibc-d7bd7a8ae8cdb3f1414b1e032759d9ef324eb040.tar.xz glibc-d7bd7a8ae8cdb3f1414b1e032759d9ef324eb040.zip |
Secure AVX changes for auditing code.
The original AVX patch used a function pointer to handle the difference between machines with and without AVX support. This is insecure. A well-placed memory exploit could lead to redirection of the execution. Using a variable and several tests is a bit slower but cannot be exploited in this way.
Diffstat (limited to 'gnulib')
0 files changed, 0 insertions, 0 deletions