This patch modifies CFLAGS to mark the stack explicitly as not executable. Signed-off-by: Martin Radev <martin.b.radev@xxxxxxxxx> --- Makefile | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index f251147..09ef282 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -380,8 +380,11 @@ DEFINES += -D_GNU_SOURCE DEFINES += -DKVMTOOLS_VERSION='"$(KVMTOOLS_VERSION)"' DEFINES += -DBUILD_ARCH='"$(ARCH)"' +# The stack doesn't need to be executable +SECURITY_HARDENINGS := -z noexecstack + KVM_INCLUDE := include -CFLAGS += $(CPPFLAGS) $(DEFINES) -I$(KVM_INCLUDE) -I$(ARCH_INCLUDE) -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -g +CFLAGS += $(CPPFLAGS) $(DEFINES) $(SECURITY_HARDENINGS) -I$(KVM_INCLUDE) -I$(ARCH_INCLUDE) -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -g WARNINGS += -Wall WARNINGS += -Wformat=2 @@ -582,4 +585,4 @@ ifneq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),clean) KVMTOOLS-VERSION-FILE: @$(SHELL_PATH) util/KVMTOOLS-VERSION-GEN $(OUTPUT) -endif \ No newline at end of file +endif -- 2.25.1