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Version: 0.1.0

Mprotect exec

This kind of event is generated when memory protection is turned to executable.

info

For some processes, those using JIT compilers, it is legit to generate a lot of mprotect_exec events.

{
"data": {
"command_line": "/usr/lib/firefox/firefox -contentproc -childID 376 -isForBrowser -prefsLen 33058 -prefMapSize 242973 -jsInitLen 238780 -parentBuildID 20230523141515 -appDir /usr/lib/firefox/browser {a19d79d0-0a99-4f78-8704-9bb4df5bf274} 9 true tab",
"exe": "/usr/lib/firefox/firefox",
"addr": "0xd730b30000",
"prot": "0x00000005"
},
"info": {
...
"event": {
...
"id": 40,
"name": "mprotect_exec",
...
},
...
}
}