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authorSiddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh@sourceware.org>2017-02-02 16:15:45 +0530
committerAdhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>2017-04-06 10:55:17 -0300
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Drop GLIBC_TUNABLES in setxid processes
Drop the GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variable from the environment of setxid processes to avoid passing it on to non-setxid children. This prevents potentially insecure tunables in the GLIBC_TUNABLES envvar from crossing over into a child that may use a libc that has tunables support. * sysdeps/generic/unsecvars.h: Add GLIBC_TUNABLES.
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2 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c061140..a2f7a91 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2017-04-06 Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh@sourceware.org>
+
+ * sysdeps/generic/unsecvars.h: Add GLIBC_TUNABLES.
+
2017-04-06 Denis Kaganovich <mahatma@eu.by>
Magnus Granberg <zorry@gentoo.org>
Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
diff --git a/sysdeps/generic/unsecvars.h b/sysdeps/generic/unsecvars.h
index d5b8119..3e56538 100644
--- a/sysdeps/generic/unsecvars.h
+++ b/sysdeps/generic/unsecvars.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
#define UNSECURE_ENVVARS \
"GCONV_PATH\0" \
"GETCONF_DIR\0" \
+ "GLIBC_TUNABLES\0" \
"HOSTALIASES\0" \
"LD_AUDIT\0" \
"LD_DEBUG\0" \