Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 04 Jun 2004 07:59:45 -0400 | From | Stephen Wille Padnos <> | Subject | Re: [announce] [patch] NX (No eXecute) support for x86, 2.6.7-rc2-bk2 |
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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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