Tom Horsley writes:
On Wed, 14 Sep 2016 06:47:28 -0400
Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> But why even bother
> mapping anything. I would think that accessing an unmapped region would
> result in a SIGSEGV just as well.
Ah-HA! A question I can answer :-).
You need to map something because otherwise the program itself
might have code to map something of its own and unless you reserve
the protected space, it might wind up becoming unprotected.
I also see a new 4.7.3 kernel showed up in the repos. I wonder
if the problem goes away with it?
Nope, and the issue is being reported by others, too. Not just me.