Attacking hardened Linux systems with kernel JIT spraying

Posted Nov 20, 2012 19:15 UTC (Tue) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389)
In reply to: Attacking hardened Linux systems with kernel JIT spraying by liam
Parent article: Attacking hardened Linux systems with kernel JIT spraying

> Of course, if it is truly infeasible for any but the least interesting parts of the kernel then it is a waste of time.

I suppose that since there's a high chance of it happening, the question boils down to: "What wins when the decision is between ABI compatibility and provably secure?"