Re: WordPad/riched20.dll buffer overflow

[pedward () WEBCOM COM (pedward () WEBCOM COM)]

I seem to recall a Linux kernel guru explaining that the x86 MMU doesn't actually
support non-exec pages, or some such.  It doesn't support it, or it just doesn't
work right.  I remember bringing up the issue of noexec and that was the answer.

--Perry

>     Ok, here it is, on page 58, it's talking about Access Control of virtual
> pages, and it says, literally if a page can be read, it can be executed. I
> remember that this took my attention for some days, then I forgot about it, until
> you mentioned it.
>
>     richie

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