https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32671
thePalindrome theParanoid <gordion42 at gmail dot com> changed:
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--- Comment #8 from thePalindrome theParanoid <gordion42 at gmail dot com> ---
This change has broken a few older proprietary games due to their libraries
having the flag (although not using it). Given that Debian (and likely others)
have removed the `execstack` utility for quickly patching the library, would it
be feasible to 'silently' (of course outputting to system logs) load the
library regardless, but with the stack just not executable?
This way legacy applications that rely on libraries that erroneously have the
bit set (libfmod for example only has the bit set due to a build chain error,
it does not require the bit at all) will return to out-of-the-box working, and
users won't be using the tunable to re-allow them (thus opening them up for the
security issues that are the entire issue here!)
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