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Subject: Re: GCC stack smashing protection for 4.4-STABLE?
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Update info only

The patch is trivially applied to the source, given the time to
do it manually (I was in a hurry last week to get it installed
and tested on an IDS box before delivery).


Andrew Johns wrote:
> 
> All,
> 
> [Please CC me as I'm not on questions - if I get no answer I may
> try -security]
> 
> I've looked at http://www.trl.ibm.com/projects/security/ssp/ for
> Hiroaki Etoh's patch to gcc for 4.3.  This patch doesn't apply
> cleanly to current source (cvsupped today) as per the
> documentation (it's for 4.3, not 4.4).
> 
> So, my question is this: Is anyone maintaining this code/patch to
> gcc?  If so, where may I be able to get it from?
> 
> If it doesn't exist, that's OK - I don't have the time to submit
> a patch for the patch today...
> 

-- 
Andrew Johns

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