Re: RT linker, rpath and security

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Le Thu, May 11, 2023 at 03:11:41PM +0200, Joerg Sonnenberger a écrit :
> Am Thu, May 11, 2023 at 08:09:30AM +0200 schrieb tlaronde%polynum.com@localhost:
> > Isn't it the way a run time linker uses rpath search path a security
> > risk?
> 
> You found the reason why many of us object to the use of $ORIGIN. The
> rpath we build into libraries is explicit and at least pkgsrc will also
> sanity check the list. Unlike e.g. Windows, the default is to not
> include $PWD.

This (for pkgsrc), I didn't know and is reassuring.

But I will look also at what has passed Rhialto about "lengthening" the
library names by specifying a pathname instead of relying only on
a soname.
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