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This is a standalone implementation of fortify source[0]. It is libc-agnostic
and simply overlays the system headers by using the #include_next extension found
in GCC and clang. It was initially designed to be used on musl[1] based Linux
in GCC and clang. It was initially intended to be used on musl[1] based Linux
distributions.
Features
========
- It is portable, works on *BSD and Linux systems.
- It is portable, works on *BSD, Linux and possibly other systems.
- It will only trap non-conformant programs. This means that fortify
level 2 is treated in the same way as level 1.
- Avoids making function calls when UB has already been invoked. This
is handled by using __builtin_trap().
- Support for out-of-bounds read interfaces, such as send(), write(),
fwrite() etc.
- No ABI is enforced. All of the check functions are inlined into the
resulting binary.
- No ABI is enforced. All of the fortify check functions are inlined
into the resulting binary.
Sample usage
============
A plan for integrating fortify into a system is still under discussion.
If you want to quickly test it, you can try something like the following:
cat > fgets.c <<EOF
#include <stdio.h>
int
main(void)
{
char buf[BUFSIZ];
fgets(buf, sizeof(buf) + 1, stdin);
return 0;
}
EOF
cc -I<path-to-fortify-include-dir> -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1 -O1 fgets.c
./a.out
At this point, the program will crash.
Supported interfaces
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write
Sample usage
============
A plan for integrating fortify into a system is still under discussion.
If you want to quickly test it, you can try something like the following:
cat > fgets.c <<EOF
#include <stdio.h>
int
main(void)
{
char buf[BUFSIZ];
fgets(buf, sizeof(buf) + 1, stdin);
return 0;
}
EOF
cc -I<path-to-fortify-include-dir> -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1 -O1 fgets.c
./a.out
At this point, the program will crash.
[0] http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2004-09/msg02055.html
[1] http://www.musl-libc.org/