[relug] Exec Shield kernel patch
- From: Luca Bigliardi <shammash@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: RElug <relug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 3 May 2003 14:51:01 +0200
- by Ingo Molnar -
We are pleased to announce the first publically available source code
release of a new kernel-based security feature called the "Exec Shield",
for Linux/x86. The kernel patch (against 2.4.21-rc1, released under the
GPL/OSL) can be downloaded from http://redhat.com/~mingo/exec-shield/
The exec-shield feature provides protection against stack, buffer or
function pointer overflows, and against other types of exploits that
rely on overwriting data structures and/or putting code into those
structures. The patch also makes it harder to pass in and execute the
so-called 'shell-code' of exploits. The patch works transparently, ie.
no application recompilation is necessary.
from newsforge:
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/02/1914223
ciao
Luca
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