mmap returns an EPERM when trying to map a file from a partition that is mounted with noexec option in RHEL-4.8
Issue
- mmap returns an MMAP_FAIL and sets EPERM as errno when trying to map a file from a partition that is mounted with noexec option in RHEL-4.8
- The problem occurs only for a 32 bit application running on a 64 bit system
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
- kernel
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