Re: [announce] [patch] NX (No eXecute) support for x86, 2.6.7-rc2-bk2

[Ingo Molnar]

* Gerhard Mack <gmack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >  kernel tried to access NX-protected page - exploit attempt? (uid: 500)
> >  Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address f78d0f40
> >   printing eip:
> >  ...
> 
> Just a small nitpick...
> 
> Can you please drop the "- exploit attempt" from the error?  Buffer
> overflows aren't always exploits.

this message will only trigger if the kernel tries to _execute_ an
non-executable kernel page - which almost never happens even considering
kernel crashes. Normal kernel oopses will still look like they used to.

	Ingo
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