3 ms·execute disable was added with the pentium 4 (but needs pae page tables)by blibble 3y agoexecute disable was added with the pentium 4 (but needs pae page tables)irdc 3y agoYes, but execute disable is not the same as execute only. AFAIK there's no way to prevent executable pages from being readable using only the i386/amd64 page table.amluto 3y agoYou can fudge it with protection keys (poorly), and you can do it for real with EPT tricks.