Messages in this thread | | | Subject | When was ASLR introduced in the Linux kernel? | From | Victor van der Veen <> | Date | Tue, 30 Nov 2010 12:47:40 +0100 |
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Hi,
- When was ASLR introduced in the Linux kernel (not PaX/ExecShield)? - When was ASLR enabled by default? - What's the current state of ASLR in the Linux kernel? Is it still under development? Or should we rely on the PaX/ExecShield patches?
Wikipedia states that "a weak form of ASLR exists in the linux kernel since version 2.6.12 (June 2005)", but I could not find any proof that backs this up. I grepped changelogs of the entire 2.6 kernel, but I was unable to find any relevant information. Grepping the source code did not help either. Any more Google results all quote the same wikipedia line.
Thanks, Victor van der Veen
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