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Re:On self-modifying executables in Rust by comex on Saturday January 29, 2022 @01:58AM (#30124390)
> The ptrace APIs also can’t write to read only memory

Sure they can.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49442087/how-does-ptrace...

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Re:On self-modifying executables in Rust by woodruffw on Saturday January 29, 2022 @02:33PM (#30129599)
Huh, this is news to me! I always thought that ptrace temporarily changed the page's permissions, rather than bypassing them entirely. My mistake.
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