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Re: [PATCH] Make LD_ASSUME_KERNEL working even for static binaries

From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at redhat dot com>
To: Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat dot com>
Cc: Roland McGrath <roland at redhat dot com>, Glibc hackers <libc-hacker at sources dot redhat dot com>
Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2002 13:43:57 -0800
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Make LD_ASSUME_KERNEL working even for static binaries
References: <20021209192931.J1310@sunsite.ms.mff.cuni.cz> <200212092050.gB9KokF07577@magilla.sf.frob.com> <20021209162539.J27455@devserv.devel.redhat.com>

Jakub Jelinek wrote:

> I'm not sure either way. LD_ASSUME_KERNEL in ld.so ATM is not limited to
> non-suid.

I don't think it is necessary to use __secure_getenv.  It doesn't let
the user directly make decisions about what DSO is used.  And if the
DSOs with support are vulnerable to something the new DSOs are not there
are other ways to get to this.

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