Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 5 Dec 2014 13:44:03 -0600 (CST) | From | Christoph Lameter <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] MIPS: set stack/data protection as non-executable |
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On Fri, 5 Dec 2014, David Daney wrote:
> The problem is not with "modern" executables that are properly annotated with > PT_GNU_STACK. > > My objection is to the intentional breaking of old executables that have no > PT_GNU_STACK annotation, but require an executable stack. Since we usually > try not to break userspace, we cannot merge a patch like this one.
How old are these and how many are still around? Can the annotation be added with a tool?
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