Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 5 Jun 2007 17:00:51 -0400 (EDT) | From | James Morris <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Protection for exploiting null dereference using mmap |
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On Tue, 5 Jun 2007, Eric Paris wrote:
> +extern int mmap_protect_memory;
This should be an unsigned long.
I wonder if the default should be for this value to be zero (i.e. preserve existing behavior). It could break binaries, albeit potentially insecure ones.
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