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SubjectRe: [announce] [patch] NX (No eXecute) support for x86, 2.6.7-rc2-bk2
Ingo Molnar wrote:

>* Gerhard Mack <gmack@innerfire.net> wrote:
>
>>> kernel tried to access NX-protected page - exploit attempt? (uid: 500)
>>> Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address f78d0f40
>>> printing eip:
>>> ...
>>>
>>>
>>Just a small nitpick...
>>
>>Can you please drop the "- exploit attempt" from the error? Buffer
>>overflows aren't always exploits.
>>
>>
>
>this message will only trigger if the kernel tries to _execute_ an
>non-executable kernel page - which almost never happens even considering
>kernel crashes. Normal kernel oopses will still look like they used to.
>
>
Perhaps the message should read like so:

kernel tried to execute NX-protected page - exploit attempt? (uid: 500)
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address f78d0f40
printing eip:

- Steve

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