[PATCH 1/8] Copy-edit of enable_randomize_va_space Quick wording edit of enable_randomize_va_space

Shawn Wells shawn at redhat.com
Fri Sep 28 03:50:04 UTC 2012


---
 RHEL6/input/system/permissions/execution.xml |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/RHEL6/input/system/permissions/execution.xml b/RHEL6/input/system/permissions/execution.xml
index 0de5df5..c387e1a 100644
--- a/RHEL6/input/system/permissions/execution.xml
+++ b/RHEL6/input/system/permissions/execution.xml
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ address range.</rationale>
 <ocil><sysctl-check-macro sysctl="kernel.randomize_va_space" value="1" /></ocil>
 <rationale> Address space layout randomization (ASLR) makes it more difficult
 for an attacker to predict the location of attack code he or she has introduced
-into a process's address space during an attempt at exploitation.  ASLR also
+into a process's address space during an attempt at exploitation.  Additionally, ASLR also
 makes it more difficult for an attacker to know the location of existing code
 in order to re-purpose it using return oriented programming (ROP) techniques.
 </rationale>
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1.7.1


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