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| author | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2021-08-20 15:47:13 -0500 |
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| committer | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2021-08-20 15:47:13 -0500 |
| commit | de8b6cb08abf05452b2e26dcc0329954bb98e822 (patch) | |
| tree | 4bf91f13865b2e76e1f6640baa58399a4ceb6a57 | |
| parent | 658a5da5fb4ed308f9bfd9524baefd444de51a94 (diff) | |
Fix security issue in Chapter 8 glibc.
Add a sed to glibc in Chapter 8 to fix a critical security issue.
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter01/changelog.xml | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter08/glibc.xml | 5 |
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml index 7652e4c38..ceeae7902 100644 --- a/chapter01/changelog.xml +++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml @@ -43,6 +43,16 @@ appropriate for the entry or if needed the entire day's listitem. --> <listitem> + <para>2021-08-20</para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para>[bdubbs] - Add a sed to glibc in Chapter 8 to fix a + critical security issue.</para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </listitem> + + <listitem> <para>2021-08-18</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> diff --git a/chapter08/glibc.xml b/chapter08/glibc.xml index e8ca57ab2..968b398e0 100644 --- a/chapter08/glibc.xml +++ b/chapter08/glibc.xml @@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Glibc</title> + <para>First, fix a security problem identified upstream:</para> + + <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -e '/NOTIFY_REMOVED)/s/)/ \&\& data.attr != NULL)/' \ + -i sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mq_notify.c</userinput></screen> + <para>Some of the Glibc programs use the non-FHS compliant <filename class="directory">/var/db</filename> directory to store their runtime data. Apply the following patch to make such programs |