Attacking hardened Linux systems with kernel JIT spraying

Posted Nov 19, 2012 18:40 UTC (Mon) by iabervon (subscriber, #722)
In reply to: Attacking hardened Linux systems with kernel JIT spraying by patrick_g
Parent article: Attacking hardened Linux systems with kernel JIT spraying

This attack succeeds on PaX "where a traditional jump-to-userspace fails"; on mainline, the traditional jump-to-userspace succeeds, so JIT spraying is unnecessary.