On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 02:49:04AM +0000, tip-bot for Kees Cook wrote:
> Commit-ID: ae84739c27b6b3725993202fe02ff35ab86468e1
> Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/ae84739c27b6b3725993202fe02ff35ab86468e1
> Author: Kees Cook <[email protected]>
> AuthorDate: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 10:35:52 -0800
> Committer: H. Peter Anvin <[email protected]>
> CommitDate: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 15:42:54 -0800
>
> x86, cpu: Clear XD_DISABLED flag on Intel to regain NX
Just some quick positive feedback on this patch series: I've had at least
one confirmed report of a user with an Asus system that had NX disabled
(in the BIOS which offered no toggle to switch it on) is able to use
the NX bit on their CPU finally. Additionally, no regressions have been
identified either, and there has been a fair number of people running
with the patch for a few weeks now in Ubuntu's development kernel.
-Kees
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Kees Cook
Ubuntu Security Team
* Kees Cook <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 02:49:04AM +0000, tip-bot for Kees Cook wrote:
> > Commit-ID: ae84739c27b6b3725993202fe02ff35ab86468e1
> > Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/ae84739c27b6b3725993202fe02ff35ab86468e1
> > Author: Kees Cook <[email protected]>
> > AuthorDate: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 10:35:52 -0800
> > Committer: H. Peter Anvin <[email protected]>
> > CommitDate: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 15:42:54 -0800
> >
> > x86, cpu: Clear XD_DISABLED flag on Intel to regain NX
>
> Just some quick positive feedback on this patch series: I've had at least one
> confirmed report of a user with an Asus system that had NX disabled (in the BIOS
> which offered no toggle to switch it on) is able to use the NX bit on their CPU
> finally. Additionally, no regressions have been identified either, and there has
> been a fair number of people running with the patch for a few weeks now in
> Ubuntu's development kernel.
Nice!
Ingo