1 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index b068376..1bc3ae8 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ obj/imgui_impl_opengl3.o: $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui_impl_opengl3.cpp
         $(CXX) -c $(CXXFLAGS) -o $@ $<
 
 bitflash: $(IMGUI_OBJS) $(NODE_OBJS) $(GUI_OBJS)
-        $(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(LIBS)
+        $(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDHARDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(LIBS)
         @echo "Built: bitflash"
 
 # ---- headless node ---------------------------------------------------------
@@ -114,6 +114,20 @@ bitflash: $(IMGUI_OBJS) $(NODE_OBJS) $(GUI_OBJS)
 # Objects go to obj-node/ because main_gui.cpp is compiled twice, with and
 # without -DBITFLASH_NO_GUI, and the two must not overwrite each other.
 
+# RandomX links a hand-written assembly JIT stub, jit_compiler_x86_static.S,
+# which carries no .note.GNU-stack marker. Older binutils -- Debian 12's, which
+# is what builds against the oldest glibc we ship to -- reads a missing marker
+# as "this object wants an executable stack" and marks the whole binary RWE,
+# switching NX off for the process. Newer toolchains default the other way, so
+# identical source produced GNU_STACK RW on Ubuntu 26.04 and RWE on bookworm,
+# announced by nothing louder than a linker warning in the middle of the build.
+#
+# Assert it here rather than inherit whichever default the build host happens
+# to carry. The JIT maps its own W^X pages and never executes from the stack,
+# so nothing needs the permission this takes away. Check with:
+#   readelf -lW bitflash-node | grep -A1 GNU_STACK   # expect RW, not RWE
+LDHARDFLAGS = -Wl,-z,noexecstack
+
 NODE_LIBS = -L$(SECP_LIB) -lsecp256k1 \
             -L$(RANDOMX_DIR)/build -lrandomx \
             -lsodium -lssl -lcrypto -ldb_cxx -lpthread
@@ -134,7 +148,7 @@ obj-node/sha.o: sha.cpp sha.h
         $(CXX) -c $(CXXFLAGS) -DBITFLASH_NO_GUI -O3 -o $@ $<
 
 bitflash-node: $(NODE_ONLY_OBJS)
-        $(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(NODE_LIBS)
+        $(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDHARDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(NODE_LIBS)
         @echo "Built: bitflash-node (headless, no libGL needed)"
 
 obj-fuzz/%.o: %.cpp $(HEADERS)