Add a const here, delete a const there

Re:Add a const here, delete a const there by tech2 on Monday January 09, 2017 @05:07AM (#13355261)

I'm interested in the possible security improvements in the change which didn't seem to be mentioned at all. Is all this data already in an NX area, or was it somehow already protected via some other means?

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Re:Add a const here, delete a const there by brucedawson on Monday January 09, 2017 @12:20PM (#13357898)

None of the pointers were code pointers so there are probably no security improvements. It might protect Chrome from a few hard to diagnose crashes because now if a stray write hits those arrays it crashes instantly instead of misbehaving later.

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Re:Add a const here, delete a const there by xyzzy123 on Monday January 09, 2017 @05:18AM (#13355295)

Already nx but rw -> r with some code (rx) removed also. Not really security improvements from a w^x perspective.

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