[ubuntu-hardened] Probably not in time for Hardy, but just maybe...

[Jeff Schroeder]

A little security never hurt anyone. If memory serves, these make ASLR
pretty much complete in Linux. Now you don't need to use PaX for ASLR
anymore.

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c1d171a002942ea2d93b4fbd0c9583c56fce0772
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=cc503c1b43e002e3f1fed70f46d947e2bf349bb6

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Address_space_layout_randomization

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Jeff Schroeder

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