From 829ea0caca35800c4ffbebced7c3271293811144 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Siddhesh Poyarekar Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2022 14:33:49 +0530 Subject: Mention _FORTIFY_SOURCE=3 for gcc12 in NEWS Signed-off-by: Siddhesh Poyarekar --- NEWS | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) (limited to 'NEWS') diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 6599f1a..61acf41 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -134,6 +134,12 @@ Major new features: controlling terminal in the new process in a race free manner. These functions are GNU extensions. +* Source fortification (_FORTIFY_SOURCE) level 3 is now available for + applications compiling with glibc and gcc 12 and later. Level 3 leverages + the __builtin_dynamic_object_size function to deliver additional + fortification balanced against additional runtime cost (checking non-constant + bounds). + Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility: * On x86-64, the LD_PREFER_MAP_32BIT_EXEC environment variable support -- cgit v1.1