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Re:Make Ubuntu packages 90% faster by rebuilding them by ryao on Thursday March 20, 2025 @04:38AM (#43420900)
The kernel address space is the same regardless of how many fork() calls have been done. I would assume the exploitation path for a worst case scenario would be involve chaining exploits to do: AnC on userspace, JavaScript engine injection to native code, sandbox escape, AnC on kernel space, kernel native code injection. That would give complete control over a user’s machine just by having the user visit a web page.

I am not sure why anyone would attempt what you described, for the exact reason you stated. It certainly is not what I had in mind.

Re:Make Ubuntu packages 90% faster by rebuilding them by worthless-trash on Friday March 21, 2025 @10:54AM (#43436460)
Its been a few days and a thousand kilometers since I've read the paper, I thought it referenced userspace. How is it able to infer kernel addresses that are not mapped in that process ?