How to Install and Uninstall paxtest Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "paxtest" package

Please follow the steps below to install paxtest on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                paxtest
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "paxtest" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall paxtest on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                paxtest
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the paxtest package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: paxtest
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:0.9.15-2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1213
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7)
Filename: pool/universe/p/paxtest/paxtest_0.9.15-2_amd64.deb
Size: 28476
MD5sum: c8f637be9c485d8787335818edd3a1b8
SHA1: d65bb5a352953d876a2889386ab141504f3ff3ea
SHA256: 21c7dbd31a8695e095a362c81645557d55dc1488155e4e7fb0ec8330c045d0f7
SHA512: c4b9cead18c625ca30ed832b5dd293b006a3ceede836b0f56d76b52ac69071664ba2ddc47041fb34912e31243836fabc63a60d1bb68170a7e45180a76acc78d8
Homepage: https://www.grsecurity.net/~spender/
Description-en: Test suite for the PaX kernel patch
PaX is a Linux kernel patch which adds much stricter control on how memory
is being used by applications. A normal Linux kernel leaves the control to the
application and does not implement any enforcement. Especially buffer overflow
attacks benefit from the absence of kernel enforced memory control. PaX tries
to do its best to enforce this control of memory used by applications, thereby
making it harder to successfully exploit buffer overflows.
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Paxtest provides a regression test suite that covers most (but not all)
of PaX functionality. It can also be used to test other memory protection
patches.
Description-md5: f5f8241cd3ba2c88c5b37dfb583ce7a1