Re: [tlug] Notes on the Nomikai

[Edward Middleton <emiddleton@example.com>]

John Fremlin wrote:
> Two serious exploits so far, I believe. For example, 
> http://blog.cr0.org/2009/08/linux-null-pointer-dereference-due-to.html
>   

Thanks for that.   Just looking at the mitigation methods.

* on IA32 with PaX/GrSecurity <http://www.grsecurity.net/>, the KERNEXEC
feature (x86 only)

Any idea what the (x86 only) is about.  Is this only effective on x86. 
I use KERNEXEC on both x86_64 and x86 systems.

Edward