Re: Linux Buffer Overflow Security Exploits

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Thu, 4 Mar 1999 00:53:13 +0000 (GMT)


> Isn't it the case for Intel 386 and up processors, as is true for other
> modern processors, that memory segments can be marked execute, read and/or
> write by a process running at a sufficiently high privilege level. So if you

www.intel.com has a perfectly good processor manual. Intel doesn't have exec
only

Alan

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