Problems with grsec/pax and swap ?

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Problems with grsec/pax and swap ?

Postby Wurstteppich » Tue Oct 04, 2005 1:08 pm

Hello,

i have just a short question regarding grsec,pax and swap space.

My system is setup with a kernel raid1, exactly like described here:

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Gentoo_Install_on_Software_RAID_mirror_and_LVM2_on_top_of_RAID

Except for the fact that my swap is NOT on a RAID partition, i use a swap partition on each drive with same priorities defined in /etc/fstab.
(Like /dev/hda2 none swap sw,pri=1 0 0 and /dev/hdc2 none swap sw,pri=1 0 0)
The kernel i run: hardened-2.6.11-r15 (Gentoo kernel)

In this post you can find my configuration regarding the grsec, pax extensions:
http://forums.grsecurity.net/viewtopic.php?t=1288

My problem is now that every time the server starts using the swap or is about to go in there, the server freezes completly (you can not even use CTRL+ALT+DEL to reboot). Can it be possible that a grsec or a pax option in the kernel configuration causes that behaviour ?
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Postby gianspi » Sat Nov 05, 2005 12:19 pm

Does the computer freeze when GrSec & PaX are disabled?
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