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author | V3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org> | 2019-06-08 09:04:53 +0100 |
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committer | V3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org> | 2019-06-08 09:04:53 +0100 |
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diff --git a/metadata/news/2014-06-15-gcc48_ssp/2014-06-15-gcc48_ssp.en.txt b/metadata/news/2014-06-15-gcc48_ssp/2014-06-15-gcc48_ssp.en.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 926f6ffdb26b..000000000000 --- a/metadata/news/2014-06-15-gcc48_ssp/2014-06-15-gcc48_ssp.en.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,36 +0,0 @@ -Title: GCC 4.8.3 defaults to -fstack-protector -Author: Ryan Hill <rhill@gentoo.org> -Content-Type: text/plain -Posted: 2014-06-15 -Revision: 2 -News-Item-Format: 1.0 -Display-If-Installed: >=sys-devel/gcc-4.8.3 -Display-If-Keyword: amd64 -Display-If-Keyword: arm -Display-If-Keyword: mips -Display-If-Keyword: ppc -Display-If-Keyword: ppc64 -Display-If-Keyword: x86 -Display-If-Keyword: amd64-fbsd -Display-If-Keyword: x86-fbsd - -Beginning with GCC 4.8.3, Stack Smashing Protection (SSP) will be -enabled by default. The 4.8 series will enable -fstack-protector -while 4.9 and later enable -fstack-protector-strong. - -SSP is a security feature that attempts to mitigate stack-based buffer -overflows by placing a canary value on the stack after the function -return pointer and checking for that value before the function returns. -If a buffer overflow occurs and the canary value is overwritten, the -program aborts. - -There is a small performance cost to these features. They can be -disabled with -fno-stack-protector. - -For more information these options, refer to the GCC Manual, or the -following articles. - -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffer_overflow_protection -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_buffer_overflow -https://securityblog.redhat.com/tag/stack-protector -http://www.outflux.net/blog/archives/2014/01/27/fstack-protector-strong |