Re: Initial implementation of _FORTIFY_SOURCE
- In reply to: Kyle Evans : "Initial implementation of _FORTIFY_SOURCE"
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Date: Sat, 18 May 2024 06:35:11 UTC
On 13-05-24 17:47, Kyle Evans wrote:
> Hi,
>
> As of 9bfd3b407 ("Add a build knob for _FORTIFY_SOURCE"), I've imported
> an initial version of FORTIFY_SOURCE from FreeBSD. FORTIFY_SOURCE is an
> improvement over classical SSP, doing compiler-aided checking of stack
> object sizes to detect more fine-grained stack overflow without relying
> on the randomized stack canary just past the stack frame.
Hi
I'll try to have a go this weekend.
Are is there any known impact on debuggability? Specifically for tools
that need to do stack waliking.
A+
Paul