Hi, On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 09:53:40AM -0400, Brchk05 wrote: > However, I am able to inject and execute shellcode from a stack local > character buffer in both versions. Is there another system option I am > unaware of that affects enforcement? Is enforcement not supported for my > system version?
Your CPU may not support NX enforcement. Check your dmesg output, and your cpuflags line in /proc/cpuinfo for "nx". See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Features#nx though ignore the nx-emu notes, as that's not in Debian. -Kees -- Kees Cook @debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
