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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 GCC's #include_next. It was
initially designed to be used on musl[1] based Linux distributions.
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
distributions.
Why?
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- 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 GCC's __builtin_trap().
is handled by using __builtin_trap().
- Check functions 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