SMEP prevents execution.
SMEP prevents execution.
Posted Nov 19, 2012 5:40 UTC (Mon) by gmatht (guest, #58961)In reply to: Attacking hardened Linux systems with kernel JIT spraying by aliguori
Parent article: Attacking hardened Linux systems with kernel JIT spraying
Unless I am missing something, Supervisor Mode Execution Protection (SMEP) only prevents execution from (not writing to) user space addresses.