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Solaris Non-Executable Stack Overview

ipsnews.net » 2007 » September » 22nd » Solaris Non-Executable Stack Overview

Tagged: security, software, nevada, opensolaris, solaris, solaris 10 security, noexstk

The ability to configure a Solaris system to run with non-executable stacks is not overly new. That functionality was originally introduced into the Solaris 2.6 operating system with the noexec_user_stack kernel parameter. Looking at the source code, this is how this parameter was documented (in usr/src/uts/common/vm/seg_vn.c): 207 /* 208 * Patching this variable to non-zero allows the system to … Continue Reading »

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