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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 79cd2883f2..77b1a0cf3f 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ Version 2.25 * The functions strfromd, strfromf, and strfroml, from ISO/IEC TS 18661-1:2014, are added to libc. They convert a floating-point number into string. +* Most of glibc can now be built with the stack smashing protector enabled. + It is recommended to build glibc with --enable-stack-protector=strong. + Implemented by Nick Alcock (Oracle). + * The function explicit_bzero, from OpenBSD, has been added to libc. It is intended to be used instead of memset() to erase sensitive data after use; the compiler will not optimize out calls to explicit_bzero even if they |