RE: noexec_user_stack linux parameter
- From: William Muriithi <william.muriithi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "jkstill@xxxxxxxxx" <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx>, Oracle-L Freelists <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 15:42:53 -0500
>In short, this parameter is makes the stack non-executable to help
>prevent buffer overflow exploits.
>I can find a lot of info about setting this on Solaris, but very little
>about doing so on Linux.
>Has anyone here used this parameter on Linux?
I think the closest thing to the parameter that you are looking above on Linux
is "kernel.exec-shield"
Its enabled by default and should therefore not be a problem
William
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