[PATCH] Ignore origin of privileged program

[Andreas Schwab]

Ulrich Drepper <drepper@gmail.com> writes:

> On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 09:47, Andreas Schwab <schwab@redhat.com> wrote:
>> 2010-12-09  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@redhat.com>
>>
>>        * elf/dl-object.c (_dl_new_object): Ignore origin of privileged
>>        program.
>
> 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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