No need to wrap vdso calls as gentoo does not use any version of glibc <=2.3.3 --- From: Gordon Malm From: Kerin Millar From: Jory A. Pratt COMPAT_VDSO is inappropriate for any modern Hardened Gentoo system. It conflicts with various parts of PaX, crashing the system if enabled while PaX's NOEXEC or UDEREF features are active. Moreover, it prevents a number of important PaX options from appearing in the configuration menu, including all PaX NOEXEC implementations. Unfortunately, the reason for the disappearance of these PaX configuration options is often far from obvious to inexperienced users. Therefore, we disable the COMPAT_VDSO menu entry entirely. However, COMPAT_VDSO operation can still be enabled via bootparam and sysctl interfaces. Consequently, we must also disable the ability to select COMPAT_VDSO operation at boot or runtime. Here we patch the kernel so that selecting COMPAT_VDSO operation at boot/runtime has no effect if conflicting PaX options are enabled, leaving VDSO_ENABLED operation intact. Closes bug: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210138 diff -urp a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig 2009-07-31 01:36:57.323857684 +0100 +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig 2009-07-31 01:51:39.395749681 +0100 @@ -1651,17 +1651,8 @@ config COMPAT_VDSO def_bool n - prompt "Compat VDSO support" depends on X86_32 || IA32_EMULATION depends on !PAX_NOEXEC && !PAX_MEMORY_UDEREF - ---help--- - Map the 32-bit VDSO to the predictable old-style address too. - - Say N here if you are running a sufficiently recent glibc - version (2.3.3 or later), to remove the high-mapped - VDSO mapping and to exclusively use the randomized VDSO. - - If unsure, say Y. config CMDLINE_BOOL bool "Built-in kernel command line"