check-bios-nx - determine if BIOS has blocked CPU's NX capabilities
NX stands for No eXecute is a technology used in
processors to prevent the execution of certain types of code
This program attempts to determine if the running x86-based CPU has NX
capabilities
If the CPU is NX-capable but the nx bit is missing from flags, exit
1 otherwise exit 0 (nothing wrong with BIOS)
$ sudo check-bios-nx --verbose
ok: the NX bit is operational on this CPU.
regards,
T.Dhanasekar