On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 11:07:32AM +0800, Dave Young wrote: > > execstack shows ppc kexec has an executable stack, > this leaves it vulnerable to buffer overflows. > > Fix it by adding ASFLAGS --noexecstack > > Tested on PowerMac G4 Macmini: > Without the patch: > dave at darkstar:~/kexec-tools$ execstack build/sbin/kexec > X build/sbin/kexec > > With the patch: > dave at darkstar:~/kexec-tools$ execstack build/sbin/kexec > - build/sbin/kexec > > Signed-off-by: Dave Young <dyoung at redhat.com> Thanks Dave, applied.