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Bug#852324: Disable CONFIG_DEBUG_WX in order to avoid this issue.



On Wed, 2017-07-26 at 17:13 +0200, Helio Loureiro wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> As much it sounds correct to protect systems in this way, you broke
> compatibility.  I'm back to kernel 3.19 until this is fixed.
> 
> So in order to have such parameter enabled, you should at the least provide
> a bootparam option to toggle enabled or not.
> 
> From my point of view as user, you should never break backward
> compatibility, as bad is sounds in terms of security.  And you should never
> enforce it to users.

Whatever compatibility problem you're talking about, I don't believe
it's related to CONFIG_DEBUG_WX.  That only enables a warning at boot.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Reality is just a crutch for people who can't handle science fiction.

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