Posted by Hector Marco-Gisbert on May 08

Hi,

PaX solution has actually 16 random bits for mmap objects in 32bit systems on
non affected systems. On affected systems the random bits are degraded to 2^13.
Unfortunately, depending on the PaX Kernel configuration sequence, some features
may not be enabled. There are sequences of PaX configuration which does not give
the expected result.

The configuration sequence that results in a miss-configured system is:

1.- Starting from a…