Add support for PaX ELF markings Patch by Kevin F. Quinn http://bugs.gentoo.org/115100 --- a/libelf/elf.h +++ b/libelf/elf.h @@ -721,6 +721,7 @@ typedef struct #define PT_GNU_EH_FRAME 0x6474e550 /* GCC .eh_frame_hdr segment */ #define PT_GNU_STACK 0x6474e551 /* Indicates stack executability */ #define PT_GNU_RELRO 0x6474e552 /* Read-only after relocation */ +#define PT_PAX_FLAGS 0x65041580 /* Indicates PaX flag markings */ #define PT_LOSUNW 0x6ffffffa #define PT_SUNWBSS 0x6ffffffa /* Sun Specific segment */ #define PT_SUNWSTACK 0x6ffffffb /* Stack segment */ --- a/src/elflint.c +++ b/src/elflint.c @@ -4493,6 +4493,7 @@ only executables, shared objects, and core files can have program headers\n")); if (phdr->p_type >= PT_NUM && phdr->p_type != PT_GNU_EH_FRAME && phdr->p_type != PT_GNU_STACK && phdr->p_type != PT_GNU_RELRO + && phdr->p_type != PT_PAX_FLAGS && phdr->p_type != PT_GNU_PROPERTY /* Check for a known machine-specific type. */ && ebl_segment_type_name (ebl, phdr->p_type, NULL, 0) == NULL)