Re: System call interposition/unprotecting the table

From: Arjan van de Ven
Date: Tue Aug 14 2007 - 14:01:36 EST



> Just protecting the table does not stop rootkits.

not in general no; however it requires more rights than before (eg code
execute rather than just "write to memory")

> Why isn't the rest of the kernel code protected along with the table?

it is if you set the right config options.


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