From 800f9aa06b64427336eb1f11469d854bf5889122 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Siddhesh Poyarekar Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2017 16:15:45 +0530 Subject: Drop GLIBC_TUNABLES in setxid processes Drop the GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variable from the environment of setxid processes to avoid passing it on to non-setxid children. This prevents potentially insecure tunables in the GLIBC_TUNABLES envvar from crossing over into a child that may use a libc that has tunables support. * sysdeps/generic/unsecvars.h: Add GLIBC_TUNABLES. --- ChangeLog | 4 ++++ sysdeps/generic/unsecvars.h | 1 + 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index ae1c767692..d4efa41002 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2017-02-02 Siddhesh Poyarekar + + * sysdeps/generic/unsecvars.h: Add GLIBC_TUNABLES. + 2017-01-23 Rajalakshmi Srinivasaraghavan Steven Munroe Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho diff --git a/sysdeps/generic/unsecvars.h b/sysdeps/generic/unsecvars.h index d5b8119c9c..3e56538b51 100644 --- a/sysdeps/generic/unsecvars.h +++ b/sysdeps/generic/unsecvars.h @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ #define UNSECURE_ENVVARS \ "GCONV_PATH\0" \ "GETCONF_DIR\0" \ + "GLIBC_TUNABLES\0" \ "HOSTALIASES\0" \ "LD_AUDIT\0" \ "LD_DEBUG\0" \ -- cgit 1.4.1