Are these patches for dealing with bugs in popular old programs?
rolph•8mo ago
if you want to say bugs, ok but this goes beyond bugs, this ensures there is a space to install a jmp out of the function to execute your patch [haxed version of the function]
burnt-resistor•8mo ago
This potentially violates W^X, self-modifying code hurts the instruction cache, and it's probably less secure too.
kristianp•8mo ago
rolph•8mo ago