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

From: Arjan van de Ven
Date: Thu Jun 03 2004 - 11:24:48 EST


On Thu, 2004-06-03 at 16:36, Gerhard Mack 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.

buffer overflows that then also execute code are pretty much always
exploits tho ;)

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