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simple exec() in user space

Posted Mar 10, 2008 23:32 UTC (Mon) by jreiser (subscriber, #11027)
In reply to: Security benefits of noexec? by epa
Parent article: Secure temporary files in Linux (ZDNet India)

Yes, it is possible to implement a simple exec() in user space; it takes about 1.4KB of code on x86. For instance: UPX (http://upx.sourceforge.net)

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