Re: [PATCH] Protection for exploiting null dereference using mmap

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On Tue, 5 Jun 2007, Eric Paris wrote:

> +extern int mmap_protect_memory;

This should be an unsigned long.

I wonder if the default should be for this value to be zero (i.e. preserve 
existing behavior).  It could break binaries, albeit potentially insecure 
ones.


- James
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