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Re:OpenBSD system-call-origin verification by saagarjha on Sunday December 22, 2019 @07:22PM (#21860637)
Surely there is an “out” for JITs that have not yet adopted W^X?
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Re:OpenBSD system-call-origin verification by tedunangst on Sunday December 22, 2019 @07:25PM (#21860649)
An opt in actually, to request looser checks.
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Re:OpenBSD system-call-origin verification by lostmsu on Sunday December 22, 2019 @08:00PM (#21860764)
Can't you make page temporarily RW, JIT, then switch back to RX?
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Re:OpenBSD system-call-origin verification by saagarjha on Sunday December 22, 2019 @08:24PM (#21860845)
You can, but the application needs to support this.
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