Re: ASLRn't is still alive and well on x86 kernels, despite CVE-2024-26621 patch

[Steffen Nurpmeso <steffen () sdaoden eu>]

Demi Marie Obenour wrote in
 <ZpRSEWkkG6hmNhNo@itl-email>:
 |On Sat, Jul 13, 2024 at 10:58:58PM +0200, Steffen Nurpmeso wrote:
 |> Jacob Bachmeyer wrote in
 |>  <6691E39C.8090600 () gmail com>:
 |>|Steffen Nurpmeso wrote:
 |>|> [...]
 ...
 |> Some findings:
 ...
 |>   . I always whimper when i have to rm(1) a running executable before
 |>   placing an updated variant on Linux, on BSDs i simply over-cp(1)
 |>   (and i do not understand as long as one gets either the one or
 |>   the other when executing the path).
 ...
 |> But it is ok to me, Linux is as it is[.]
 |
 |Executable files and shared libraries should _never_ be modified
 |in-place.  They should _always_ be renamed over.  Otherwise, a program
 |might be a mixture of the old and new version, with completely undefined
 |results when the program is run.

So i am thankful i get this translucent impression of my Linux box
and henceforth always use cp -f there, and cp on BSDs.
Or is this a hint to GNU coreutils?
(I rather would prefer either the one or the other, but not
a messed up copy.  Is that what they are doing?)

--steffen
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|der holt sich munter           he cheerfully and one by one
|einen nach dem anderen runter  wa.ks himself off
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