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Date:   Tue, 23 Jun 2020 22:34:57 -0700 (PDT)
From:   Christian Kujau <lists@nerdbynature.de>
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On Tue, 23 Jun 2020, Kees Cook wrote:
> > If you run something with exec stack after the message
> > you shouldn't get it second time.
> 
> If you want to reset this flag, you can do:
>  # echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/clear_warn_once

Thanks. Although, I tend to not mount /sys/kernel/{config,debug,tracing} 
and other things, I always thought they are not needed and could maybe 
lower the attack surface if not mounted. Or maybe my tinfoil hat needs 
some adjustment...

Christian.
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