glibc/elf/tst-env-setuid-static.c
Adhemerval Zanella 11f7e3dd8f elf: Add all malloc tunable to unsecvars
Some environment variables allow alteration of allocator behavior
across setuid boundaries, where a setuid program may ignore the
tunable, but its non-setuid child can read it and adjust the memory
allocator behavior accordingly.

Most library behavior tunings is limited to the current process and does
not bleed in scope; so it is unclear how pratical this misfeature is.
If behavior change across privilege boundaries is desirable, it would be
better done with a wrapper program around the non-setuid child that sets
these envvars, instead of using the setuid process as the messenger.

The patch as fixes tst-env-setuid, where it fail if any unsecvars is
set.  It also adds a dynamic test, although it requires
--enable-hardcoded-path-in-tests so kernel correctly sets the setuid
bit (using the loader command directly would require to set the
setuid bit on the loader itself, which is not a usual deployment).

Co-authored-by: Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh@sourceware.org>

Checked on x86_64-linux-gnu.
Reviewed-by: DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com>
2023-11-21 16:15:42 -03:00

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