pmap seems to indicate something weird... libraries are being mapped with 2MB chunks each with no permissions against them. colin@iluvatar:~$ sudo pmap -d 891 891: /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon Address Kbytes Mode Offset Device Mapping 0000000000400000 128 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00001 console-kit-daemon 000000000061f000 4 r---- 000000000001f000 008:00001 console-kit-daemon 0000000000620000 4 rw--- 0000000000020000 008:00001 console-kit-daemon 0000000001af3000 36980 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4778000000 33188 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f477a069000 32348 ----- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4780000000 38020 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4782521000 27516 ----- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4785ead000 4 ----- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4785eae000 10240 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f47868ae000 88 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00001 libgcc_s.so.1 00007f47868c4000 2044 ----- 0000000000016000 008:00001 libgcc_s.so.1 00007f4786ac3000 4 r---- 0000000000015000 008:00001 libgcc_s.so.1 00007f4786ac4000 4 rw--- 0000000000016000 008:00001 libgcc_s.so.1 00007f4786ade000 4 ----- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786adf000 64 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786aef000 4 ----- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786af0000 64 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786b00000 4 ----- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786b01000 64 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786b11000 4 ----- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786b12000 64 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786b22000 4 ----- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786b23000 64 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786b33000 4 ----- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786b34000 64 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786b44000 4 ----- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786b45000 64 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786b55000 4 ----- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786b56000 64 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786b66000 4 ----- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786b67000 64 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786b77000 4 ----- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786b78000 64 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786b88000 4 ----- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786b89000 64 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786b99000 4 ----- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786b9a000 64 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786baa000 4 ----- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786bab000 64 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786bbb000 4 ----- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786bbc000 64 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786bcc000 4 ----- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786bcd000 64 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786bdd000 4 ----- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786bde000 64 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786bee000 4 ----- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786bef000 64 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786bff000 4 ----- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786c00000 64 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786c10000 4 ----- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786c11000 64 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786c21000 4 ----- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786c22000 64 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786c32000 4 ----- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786c33000 64 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786c43000 4 ----- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786c44000 64 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786c54000 4 ----- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786c55000 64 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786c65000 4 ----- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786c66000 64 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786c76000 4 ----- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786c77000 64 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786c87000 4 ----- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786c88000 64 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786c98000 4 ----- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786c99000 64 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786ca9000 4 ----- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786caa000 64 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786cba000 4 ----- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786cbb000 64 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786ccb000 4 ----- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786ccc000 64 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786cdc000 4 ----- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786cdd000 64 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786ced000 4 ----- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786cee000 64 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786cfe000 4 ----- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786cff000 64 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786d0f000 112 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00001 libselinux.so.1 00007f4786d2b000 2044 ----- 000000000001c000 008:00001 libselinux.so.1 00007f4786f2a000 4 r---- 000000000001b000 008:00001 libselinux.so.1 00007f4786f2b000 4 rw--- 000000000001c000 008:00001 libselinux.so.1 00007f4786f2c000 4 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4786f2d000 88 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00001 libresolv-2.10.1.so 00007f4786f43000 2044 ----- 0000000000016000 008:00001 libresolv-2.10.1.so 00007f4787142000 4 r---- 0000000000015000 008:00001 libresolv-2.10.1.so 00007f4787143000 4 rw--- 0000000000016000 008:00001 libresolv-2.10.1.so 00007f4787144000 8 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4787146000 8 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00001 libdl-2.10.1.so 00007f4787148000 2048 ----- 0000000000002000 008:00001 libdl-2.10.1.so 00007f4787348000 4 r---- 0000000000002000 008:00001 libdl-2.10.1.so 00007f4787349000 4 rw--- 0000000000003000 008:00001 libdl-2.10.1.so 00007f478734a000 268 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00001 libeggdbus-1.so.0.0.0 00007f478738d000 2048 ----- 0000000000043000 008:00001 libeggdbus-1.so.0.0.0 00007f478758d000 8 r---- 0000000000043000 008:00001 libeggdbus-1.so.0.0.0 00007f478758f000 4 rw--- 0000000000045000 008:00001 libeggdbus-1.so.0.0.0 00007f4787590000 180 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00001 libpcre.so.3.12.1 00007f47875bd000 2044 ----- 000000000002d000 008:00001 libpcre.so.3.12.1 00007f47877bc000 4 r---- 000000000002c000 008:00001 libpcre.so.3.12.1 00007f47877bd000 4 rw--- 000000000002d000 008:00001 libpcre.so.3.12.1 00007f47877be000 1432 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00001 libc-2.10.1.so 00007f4787924000 2044 ----- 0000000000166000 008:00001 libc-2.10.1.so 00007f4787b23000 16 r---- 0000000000165000 008:00001 libc-2.10.1.so 00007f4787b27000 4 rw--- 0000000000169000 008:00001 libc-2.10.1.so 00007f4787b28000 20 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4787b2d000 788 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00001 libglib-2.0.so.0.2200.3 00007f4787bf2000 2044 ----- 00000000000c5000 008:00001 libglib-2.0.so.0.2200.3 00007f4787df1000 4 r---- 00000000000c4000 008:00001 libglib-2.0.so.0.2200.3 00007f4787df2000 4 rw--- 00000000000c5000 008:00001 libglib-2.0.so.0.2200.3 00007f4787df3000 4 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4787df4000 12 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00001 libgmodule-2.0.so.0.2200.3 00007f4787df7000 2044 ----- 0000000000003000 008:00001 libgmodule-2.0.so.0.2200.3 00007f4787ff6000 4 r---- 0000000000002000 008:00001 libgmodule-2.0.so.0.2200.3 00007f4787ff7000 4 rw--- 0000000000003000 008:00001 libgmodule-2.0.so.0.2200.3 00007f4787ff8000 272 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00001 libgobject-2.0.so.0.2200.3 00007f478803c000 2048 ----- 0000000000044000 008:00001 libgobject-2.0.so.0.2200.3 00007f478823c000 4 r---- 0000000000044000 008:00001 libgobject-2.0.so.0.2200.3 00007f478823d000 4 rw--- 0000000000045000 008:00001 libgobject-2.0.so.0.2200.3 00007f478823e000 4 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f478823f000 664 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00001 libgio-2.0.so.0.2200.3 00007f47882e5000 2048 ----- 00000000000a6000 008:00001 libgio-2.0.so.0.2200.3 00007f47884e5000 8 r---- 00000000000a6000 008:00001 libgio-2.0.so.0.2200.3 00007f47884e7000 4 rw--- 00000000000a8000 008:00001 libgio-2.0.so.0.2200.3 00007f47884e8000 4 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f47884e9000 116 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00001 libpolkit-gobject-1.so.0.0.0 00007f4788506000 2048 ----- 000000000001d000 008:00001 libpolkit-gobject-1.so.0.0.0 00007f4788706000 4 r---- 000000000001d000 008:00001 libpolkit-gobject-1.so.0.0.0 00007f4788707000 4 rw--- 000000000001e000 008:00001 libpolkit-gobject-1.so.0.0.0 00007f4788708000 28 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00001 librt-2.10.1.so 00007f478870f000 2044 ----- 0000000000007000 008:00001 librt-2.10.1.so 00007f478890e000 4 r---- 0000000000006000 008:00001 librt-2.10.1.so 00007f478890f000 4 rw--- 0000000000007000 008:00001 librt-2.10.1.so 00007f4788910000 16 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00001 libgthread-2.0.so.0.2200.3 00007f4788914000 2044 ----- 0000000000004000 008:00001 libgthread-2.0.so.0.2200.3 00007f4788b13000 4 r---- 0000000000003000 008:00001 libgthread-2.0.so.0.2200.3 00007f4788b14000 4 rw--- 0000000000004000 008:00001 libgthread-2.0.so.0.2200.3 00007f4788b15000 92 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00001 libpthread-2.10.1.so 00007f4788b2c000 2044 ----- 0000000000017000 008:00001 libpthread-2.10.1.so 00007f4788d2b000 4 r---- 0000000000016000 008:00001 libpthread-2.10.1.so 00007f4788d2c000 4 rw--- 0000000000017000 008:00001 libpthread-2.10.1.so 00007f4788d2d000 16 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4788d31000 244 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00001 libdbus-1.so.3.4.0 00007f4788d6e000 2048 ----- 000000000003d000 008:00001 libdbus-1.so.3.4.0 00007f4788f6e000 4 r---- 000000000003d000 008:00001 libdbus-1.so.3.4.0 00007f4788f6f000 4 rw--- 000000000003e000 008:00001 libdbus-1.so.3.4.0 00007f4788f70000 128 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00001 libdbus-glib-1.so.2.1.0 00007f4788f90000 2048 ----- 0000000000020000 008:00001 libdbus-glib-1.so.2.1.0 00007f4789190000 4 r---- 0000000000020000 008:00001 libdbus-glib-1.so.2.1.0 00007f4789191000 4 rw--- 0000000000021000 008:00001 libdbus-glib-1.so.2.1.0 00007f4789192000 124 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00001 ld-2.10.1.so 00007f47891b1000 4 ----- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f47891b2000 64 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f47891c2000 4 ----- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f47891c3000 64 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f47891d3000 4 ----- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f47891d4000 64 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f47891e4000 4 ----- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 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000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4789394000 4 ----- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f4789395000 68 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f47893a6000 28 r--s- 0000000000000000 008:00001 gconv-modules.cache 00007f47893ad000 12 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] 00007f47893b0000 4 r---- 000000000001e000 008:00001 ld-2.10.1.so 00007f47893b1000 4 rw--- 000000000001f000 008:00001 ld-2.10.1.so 00007fff43106000 84 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ stack ] 00007fff43198000 4 r-x-- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] ffffffffff600000 4 r-x-- 0000000000000000 000:00000 [ anon ] mapped: 222472K writeable/private: 122660K shared: 28K