[grsec] PAX_REFCOUNT doesn't work

[Carlos Carvalho]

pageexec at freemail.hu (pageexec at freemail.hu) wrote on 2 September 2008 18:49:
 >as for the cure vs. disease, there's nothing that can be worse by using
 >this new PaX feature because an attacker can already cause the memory leak
 >at will (that is, if he's able to trigger the bug then he can stop short
 >of exploiting it). in fact, the memory leak already occurs regardless of
 >this protection (this is how one would spot it normal use), where PaX
 >enters the picture is that it prevents it from becoming exploitable.

I'll use it and report if there are problems.