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SubjectRe: [patch] Add basic sanity checks to the syscall execution patch
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> and that'd be because at the same time they patch the syscall table (remember,
> they already have to go to length to get around the read-only pages), they
> can't also patch this 'protection'? sounds really plausible, right :).
>
> [fixed hpa's address, .org bounces.]

Sure, they can :-)

It's just an idea I had on irc but I tend to agree that it wouldn't have
much effect in practice... regarding security, it will break some
existing rootkits ... until updated ones show up.

Cheers,
Ben.



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