[PATCH v3] dlfcn: Deprecate dlinfo request type RTLD_DI_ORIGIN (bug #24298)
Arjun Shankar
arjun@redhat.com
Tue Jul 14 12:40:59 GMT 2026
Commit b52619f2e8bbae57d79c95538346198c4a9f24a6 added a new dlinfo
request type, RTLD_DI_ORIGIN_PATH, to be used instead of RTLD_DI_ORIGIN
which is prone to buffer overflows. With a replacement available,
RTLD_DI_ORIGIN can now be deprecated.
This commit deprecates RTLD_DI_ORIGIN by adding a compile-time warning
upon its use, and documents the deprecation in the manual.
The warning depends on "Enumerator Attributes" supported by gcc
since 6.1 and by clang. A new macro __attribute_deprecated_enum__,
analogous to __attribute_deprecated_msg__, is defined in cdefs.h.
Because gnulib can override system-installed cdefs.h, thus hiding our
definition, the deprecation is conditional on the macro being defined.
---
v2:
https://inbox.sourceware.org/libc-alpha/20260713222909.2546903-1-arjun@redhat.com/
Changes in v3:
Made the warning conditional to __attribute_deprecated_enum__ being defined,
because gnulib could override system-installed cdefs.h where we have defined
it.
---
dlfcn/dlfcn.h | 9 +++++++--
dlfcn/dlinfo.c | 5 +++++
dlfcn/tst-dlinfo.c | 5 +++++
manual/dynlink.texi | 6 +++---
misc/sys/cdefs.h | 9 +++++++++
5 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/dlfcn/dlfcn.h b/dlfcn/dlfcn.h
index a73303a17e..b9d4257e98 100644
--- a/dlfcn/dlfcn.h
+++ b/dlfcn/dlfcn.h
@@ -145,8 +145,13 @@ enum
RTLD_DI_SERINFOSIZE = 5,
/* Treat ARG as `char *', and store there the directory name used to
- expand $ORIGIN in this shared object's dependency file names. */
- RTLD_DI_ORIGIN = 6,
+ expand $ORIGIN in this shared object's dependency file names.
+ Deprecated due to potential for buffer overflows. */
+ RTLD_DI_ORIGIN
+# ifdef __attribute_deprecated_enum__
+ __attribute_deprecated_enum__ ("Use RTLD_DI_ORIGIN_PATH instead")
+# endif
+ = 6,
RTLD_DI_PROFILENAME = 7, /* Unsupported, defined by Solaris. */
RTLD_DI_PROFILEOUT = 8, /* Unsupported, defined by Solaris. */
diff --git a/dlfcn/dlinfo.c b/dlfcn/dlinfo.c
index a4c6ffb5b8..99257e7464 100644
--- a/dlfcn/dlinfo.c
+++ b/dlfcn/dlinfo.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
#include <libintl.h>
#include <dl-tls.h>
#include <shlib-compat.h>
+#include <libc-diag.h>
struct dlinfo_args
{
@@ -63,9 +64,13 @@ dlinfo_doit (void *argsblock)
_dl_rtld_di_serinfo (l, args->arg, true);
break;
+ DIAG_PUSH_NEEDS_COMMENT;
+ DIAG_IGNORE_NEEDS_COMMENT (6.1, "-Wdeprecated-declarations");
+ /* Deprecated via compile-time warning due to buffer overflow risk. */
case RTLD_DI_ORIGIN:
strcpy (args->arg, l->l_origin);
break;
+ DIAG_POP_NEEDS_COMMENT;
case RTLD_DI_ORIGIN_PATH:
if (l->l_origin != (char *) -1)
diff --git a/dlfcn/tst-dlinfo.c b/dlfcn/tst-dlinfo.c
index d0c8d8fb6d..cdaf031575 100644
--- a/dlfcn/tst-dlinfo.c
+++ b/dlfcn/tst-dlinfo.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <error.h>
#include <support/check.h>
+#include <libc-diag.h>
#define TEST_FUNCTION do_test ()
@@ -51,11 +52,15 @@ do_test (void)
}
}
+ DIAG_PUSH_NEEDS_COMMENT;
+ /* Ignore deprecation to be able to test deprecated request type. */
+ DIAG_IGNORE_NEEDS_COMMENT (6.1, "-Wdeprecated-declarations");
char origin[8192]; /* >= PATH_MAX, in theory */
TRY (RTLD_DI_ORIGIN, origin)
{
printf ("origin: %s\n", origin);
}
+ DIAG_POP_NEEDS_COMMENT;
const char *origin_path;
TRY (RTLD_DI_ORIGIN_PATH, &origin_path)
diff --git a/manual/dynlink.texi b/manual/dynlink.texi
index 548def534e..ad4da753a5 100644
--- a/manual/dynlink.texi
+++ b/manual/dynlink.texi
@@ -569,9 +569,9 @@ The value of the @code{$ORIGIN} dynamic string token for @var{handle} is
written to the character array starting at @var{arg} as a
null-terminated string.
-This request type should not be used because it is prone to buffer
-overflows. Instead, @code{RTLD_DI_ORIGIN_PATH} described above should be
-used.
+This request type has been deprecated because it is prone to buffer
+overflows and should therefore not be used. Instead,
+@code{RTLD_DI_ORIGIN_PATH} described above should be used.
@item RTLD_DI_SERINFO
@itemx RTLD_DI_SERINFOSIZE
diff --git a/misc/sys/cdefs.h b/misc/sys/cdefs.h
index 8d27f26da8..84c4aae262 100644
--- a/misc/sys/cdefs.h
+++ b/misc/sys/cdefs.h
@@ -523,6 +523,15 @@
# define __attribute_deprecated_msg__(msg) __attribute_deprecated__
#endif
+/* Since version 6.1, gcc allows marking deprecated enumerators. */
+#if __GNUC_PREREQ (6, 1) \
+ || __glibc_has_extension (__enumerator_attributes__)
+# define __attribute_deprecated_enum__(msg) \
+ __attribute__ ((__deprecated__ (msg)))
+#else
+# define __attribute_deprecated_enum__(msg) /* Ignore */
+#endif
+
/* At some point during the gcc 2.8 development the `format_arg' attribute
for functions was introduced. We don't want to use it unconditionally
(although this would be possible) since it generates warnings.
--
2.54.0
More information about the Libc-alpha
mailing list