[PATCH 4/6] forkables: Protect fork against dll-, exe-updates.

[Yaakov Selkowitz]

On 2016-03-30 13:53, Michael Haubenwallner wrote:
> To support in-cygwin package managers, the fork() implementation must
> not rely on .exe and .dll files to stay in their original location, as
> the package manager's job is to replace these files.  Instead, we use
> the hardlinks to the original binaries in /var/run/cygfork/ to create
> the child process during fork, and let the main.exe.local file enable
> the "DotLocal Dll Redirection" feature for dlls.
>
> The (probably few) users that need an update-safe fork manually have to
> create the /var/run/cygfork/ directory for now, using:
> mkdir --mode=a=rwxt /var/run/cygfork

Have the security implications of this been considered?

-- 
Yaakov