Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [Announcement] "Exec Shield", new Linux security feature | From | Andi Kleen <> | Date | 02 May 2003 22:51:43 +0200 |
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"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> writes:
> Followup to: <200305021829.h42ITclA000178@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> > By author: John Bradford <john@grabjohn.com> > In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > > > Slightly off-topic, but does anybody know whether IA64 or x86-64 allow > > you to make the stack non-executable in the same way you can on SPARC? > > > > x86-64 definitely does, and it's the default on Linux/x86-64.
No we had to turn it off and now it's too late to turn it back on again. There is also one bug left that prevents it.
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