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24.3; randomize_va_space is back

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From: "Trent W. Buck" <trentbuck <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.3; randomize_va_space is back
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 21:07:39 +1100

I ran into this problem:

    http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/35276

This fixed it (it was set to 2):

    # echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space

I didn't try setarch -R because I couldn't guess what my arch was to
tell setarch (I tried everything I could think of from "armv7l" to
"ventana").

I'm too lazy to read the whole 2005 thread.  Since etc/PROBLEMS doesn't
mention this issue, only the exec-shield one, I guess this problem was
supposed to be fixed at the time -- so why did I see it today?

In GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (armv7l-unknown-linux-gnueabi)
 of 2013-03-15 on elba
System Description:     Ubuntu 11.10

Configured using:
 `configure '--without-x' '--without-sound' '--without-all'
 '--with-x-toolkit=no' '--with-xpm=no' '--with-gif=no' '--with-jpeg=no'
 '--with-tiff=no' '--with-png=no' '--with-dbus=no' '--with-gsettings=no'
 '--with-gnutls=no' '--prefix=/home/twb/opt/emacs-24.3''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_COLLATE: C
  value of $LANG: en_AU.utf8
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Fundamental

Minor modes in effect:
  ido-everywhere: t
  savehist-mode: t
  icomplete-mode: t
  show-paren-mode: t
  delete-selection-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  column-number-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:


Recent messages:
("emacs" "-f" "report-emacs-bug")
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From IRC debugging:

twb> I'm trying to build emacs from source; there's a point where temacs
twb> deliberately dumps core to make the real "emacs".
twb>
twb> I get "Warning: Your system has a gap between BSS and the heap
twb> (15825968 bytes).  This usually means that exec-shield or something
twb> similar is in effect.  The dump may fail because of this.  See the
twb> section about exec-shield in etc/PROBLEMS for more information."
twb>
twb> System is an arm Ubuntu 11.10 (tegra2), non-standard kernel and
twb> nonstandard(?) gcc (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.1-9ubuntu3), apparmor is not
twb> installed.
twb>
twb> etc/PROBLEMS says to check /proc/sys/kernel/exec-shield -- I have no
twb> such file.
twb>
twb> What should I check next?

Message #14 received at 13964 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Philippe Vaucher <philippe.vaucher <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 23529 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 13964 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23529: Request for fixing randomize_va_space build issues
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2019 06:18:43 +0200

Philippe Vaucher <philippe.vaucher <at> gmail.com> writes:

> When /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space is 2, emacs fails to build:
>
>     Dumping under the name emacs
>     **************************************************
>     Warning: Your system has a gap between BSS and the
>     heap (20865783 bytes).  This usually means that exec-shield
>     or something similar is in effect.  The dump may
>     fail because of this.  See the section about
>     exec-shield in etc/PROBLEMS for more information.
>     **************************************************
>     /bin/bash: line 7:  8981 Segmentation fault      (core dumped)
> ./temacs --batch --load loadup bootstrap
>     Makefile:815: recipe for target 'bootstrap-emacs' failed
>     make[1]: *** [bootstrap-emacs] Error 1
>     make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/emacs/src'

Is this still an issue with Emacs 27.0.50 (current master branch)?

etc/NEWS says:

 ** Emacs now uses a "portable dumper" instead of unexec.
 This improves compatibility with memory allocation on modern systems,
 and in particular better supports the Address Space Layout
 Randomization (ASLR) feature, a security technique used by most modern
 operating systems.

Thanks,
Stefan Kangas

Message #17 received at 13964 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Philippe Vaucher <philippe.vaucher <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: 23529 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 13964 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23529: Request for fixing randomize_va_space build issues
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2019 10:52:11 +0200

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>
> Is this still an issue with Emacs 27.0.50 (current master branch)?
>

No, this is indeed fixed in master.

This ticket can thus be closes.

Regards,
Philippe

>

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Message #20 received at 13964 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Philippe Vaucher <philippe.vaucher <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 23529 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 13964 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23529: Request for fixing randomize_va_space build issues
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2019 12:39:34 +0200

tags 23529 fixed
close 23529 27.1
quit

Philippe Vaucher <philippe.vaucher <at> gmail.com> writes:
>> Is this still an issue with Emacs 27.0.50 (current master branch)?
>
> No, this is indeed fixed in master.
>
> This ticket can thus be closes.

Thanks.  I'm therefore closing this bug.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

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