@David,
I'd prefer to take this patch via upstream stable release. Thanks for
adding it here though.
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add PAX refcount overflow
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** Description changed:
In reference to the Ubuntu Security Team's Kernel Roadmap's wishlist
item for the addition of a kernel reference count overflow protection
mechanism, similar to CONFIG_PAX_REFCOUNT, I've developed a patch that
Here's the output of the test module, verifying that refcount overflow
protection is working:
Feb 15 09:00:14 ubuntu kernel: [ 881.624940] PAX: testing refcount overflow
protection...
Feb 15 09:00:14 ubuntu kernel: [ 881.625347] counter = 2147483647
Feb 15 09:00:14 ubuntu kernel: [
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