Re: [announce] [patch] NX (No eXecute) support for x86, 2.6.7-rc2-bk2

[Stephen Wille Padnos]

Ingo Molnar wrote:

> * Gerhard Mack <gmack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > > kernel tried to access NX-protected page - exploit attempt? (uid: 500)
> > > Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address f78d0f40
> > > printing eip:
> > > ...
> > >      
> > Just a small nitpick...
> >
> > Can you please drop the "- exploit attempt" from the error?  Buffer
> > overflows aren't always exploits.
> >    
>
> this message will only trigger if the kernel tries to _execute_ an
> non-executable kernel page - which almost never happens even considering
> kernel crashes. Normal kernel oopses will still look like they used to.
>  
Perhaps the message should read like so:

kernel tried to execute NX-protected page - exploit attempt? (uid: 500)
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address f78d0f40
printing eip:

- Steve

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