Re: Why a stack with exec flag?
From: David (thunderbolt01@netscape.net)Date: 06/05/02
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From: David <thunderbolt01@netscape.net> Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2002 17:08:15 GMT
Stephane Chauveau wrote:
> Hi,
> I noticed that on Linux-x86, the stack is mapped with "rwx" flags.
> Other parts of memory usually have "r-x" for code and "rw-" for data.
>
[snip]
>
> Is there a good reason to allow execution in the stack?
> Is it possible to change that to prevent attacks via buffer overflow?
Depending which kernel you are using you might find one of these links
to be what you are looking for.
http://www.openwall.com/linux/
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