Re: Linux assembler question

On 30 Aug 2005 04:51:25 -0700
"#2pencil" <number2pencil@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

:Does this mean that the more recient kernels (2.6.11, .12, & .13)
:handle differntly against common (or any) buffer overflows?

Although the specific code change which causes the segfault does not
directly affect buffer overflows, there is another change in the same
module which does -- the initial stack address is now randomized.

-- Chuck
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