Subject: Re: CVS commit: src/sys
To: matthew green <mrg@eterna.com.au>
From: Elad Efrat <elad@NetBSD.org>
List: source-changes
Date: 12/28/2007 23:22:21
matthew green wrote:
>    
>    Module Name:	src
>    Committed By:	elad
>    Date:		Fri Dec 28 17:14:51 UTC 2007
>    
>    Modified Files:
>    	src/sys/kern: exec_elf32.c kern_exec.c kern_pax.c
>    	src/sys/sys: exec.h
>    
>    Log Message:
>    Provide 8 more bits of stack randomization, from the PaX author.
>    
>    While here, don't make too much use of one random value, and call
>    arc4random() directly. Allows for the removal of 'ep_random' from the
>    exec_package.
>    
>    Prompted by and okay christos@.
> 
> 
> please bump the kernel version.  this change broken old
> exec lkm's i believe.
> 
> thanks.
> 
> 
> .mrg.

Why did it break old exec lkm's?

-e.