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FS#51171 - [paxd] remove pageexec protection from firefox as upstream does

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by Joe Gabinsky (SpuriousStar) - Saturday, 01 October 2016, 18:58 GMT
Last edited by Daniel Micay (thestinger) - Monday, 19 December 2016, 13:59 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages
Status Closed
Assigned To Daniel Micay (thestinger)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 0%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:

Some time ago upstream removed pageexec protection from firefox binaries as it's no longer needed.
https://grsecurity.net/paxctld/paxctld_1.2.1-1_amd64.changes
https://grsecurity.net/paxctld/paxctld_1.2.1.orig.tar.gz

Currently the flags are:
pem /usr/lib/firefox/firefox

Should be changed to:
em /usr/lib/firefox/firefox
This task depends upon

Closed by  Daniel Micay (thestinger)
Monday, 19 December 2016, 13:59 GMT
Reason for closing:  Upstream

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