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authorNick Alcock <nick.alcock@oracle.com>2016-12-26 10:09:10 +0100
committerFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2016-12-26 10:11:06 +0100
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Enable -fstack-protector=* when requested by configure [BZ #7065]
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@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ Version 2.25
* The functions strfromd, strfromf, and strfroml, from ISO/IEC TS 18661-1:2014,
are added to libc. They convert a floating-point number into string.
+* Most of glibc can now be built with the stack smashing protector enabled.
+ It is recommended to build glibc with --enable-stack-protector=strong.
+ Implemented by Nick Alcock (Oracle).
+
* The function explicit_bzero, from OpenBSD, has been added to libc. It is
intended to be used instead of memset() to erase sensitive data after use;
the compiler will not optimize out calls to explicit_bzero even if they