What is kernel.exec-shield and what's the effect of disabling it?

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Issue

  • An application team suggests to disable kernel.exec-shield by running the below
sysctl -w kernel.exec-shield = 0
  • What would be an effect of this change?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4/5/6

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