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Re: [PATCH] Ignore origin of privileged program


Ulrich Drepper <drepper@gmail.com> writes:

> On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 09:47, Andreas Schwab <schwab@redhat.com> wrote:
>> 2010-12-09 ÂAndreas Schwab Â<schwab@redhat.com>
>>
>> Â Â Â Â* elf/dl-object.c (_dl_new_object): Ignore origin of privileged
>> Â Â Â Âprogram.
>
> The check should also have a whitelist for programs in
> {,/usr}/lib{,64}, similar to the DSO tests.

I don't think this is useful.  Libraries are not installed alongside
programs and privileged programs can only use $ORIGIN exactly.

Andreas.

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