linux-kernel - Re: [patch] remove MNT_NOEXEC check for PROT

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <4522AEA1.5060304@aknet.ru>
Date:	Tue, 03 Oct 2006 22:40:33 +0400
From:	Stas Sergeev <stsp@...et.ru>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
Cc:	Linux kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>,
	Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com>, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
Subject: Re: [patch] remove MNT_NOEXEC check for PROT_EXEC mmaps

Hello.

Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> you do "noexec" and then complain that executing (!!) windows binaries
> from that gets more of a problem!
It only became slower and more memory-consuming -
is this really what you wanted to achieve?
Also, you haven't commented on the other points,
namely, the problem of getting a shm with an exec
permission, and the current limitation of an ld.so
fix (and the solution to it).

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/