ExecutableStacks

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There are still some programs that have executable stack regions.

open bugs in LP
check an ELF binary: "readelf -l $BIN | grep GNU_STACK" shows with "E" flag.
Gentoo write-up of what to do: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/hardened/gnu-stack.xml

Main/Restricted Packages

Originally generated from the ELF files with executable stacks in Karmic main.

Uses Nested Functions which compiler generates as trampolines on the stack.

SecurityTeam/Roadmap/ExecutableStacks (last edited 2017-08-22 14:25:31 by jdstrand)

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