FS#44361 - [pacman] remove the no-op --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 switch from CFLAGS

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Daniel Micay (thestinger) - Thursday, 26 March 2015, 22:24 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Wednesday, 12 August 2015, 07:09 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To Dan McGee (toofishes)
Allan McRae (Allan)
Dave Reisner (falconindy)
Architecture All
Severity Very Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

This switch was useful with -fstack-protector strong to improve security by lowering the size heuristic from 8 byte arrays to 4 bytes.

However, it's a no-op now that -fstack-protector-strong is used, because it protects *all* functions with either an array or another kind of reference to the stack frame.

https://lwn.net/Articles/584225/
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Closed by  Allan McRae (Allan)
Wednesday, 12 August 2015, 07:09 GMT
Reason for closing:  Implemented
Additional comments about closing:  pacman-4.2.1-3

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