How To Install execstack on Fedora 34

execstack is Utility to set/clear/query executable stack bit

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install execstack on Fedora 34.

What is execstack

This package is built from prelink sources but contains just the execstack binary. It can be used manipulate ELF binaries to run with or without executable stack.

We can use yum or dnf to install execstack on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install execstack.

Install execstack on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install execstack using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install execstack

Install execstack on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install execstack using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install execstack

How To Uninstall execstack on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the execstack package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove execstack

execstack Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/execstack
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/91
/usr/lib/.build-id/91/69aacdfb88962309f5de80bb037cae8252a572
/usr/share/doc/execstack
/usr/share/doc/execstack/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/execstack/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/execstack/README
/usr/share/doc/execstack/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/execstack/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/execstack
/usr/share/licenses/execstack/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/execstack.8.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install execstack on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.