Subject: Re: segvguard [was: Re: CVS commit: src/sys/sys]
To: Elad Efrat <elad@NetBSD.org>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>
List: tech-security
Date: 11/30/2006 09:01:02
On Nov 30, 2006, at 6:17 AM, Elad Efrat wrote:
> btw, we could always add a new elf phdr type, say PT_PAX (instead of
> using PT_NOTE as we do now). then we can just make its p_flags act
> differently. how's that?
No, let's not invent a new ELF phdr type -- we don't control the ELF
specification, but we do control the contents of our own PT_NOTE fields.
-- thorpej