From: Saul Wold <sgw@linux.intel.com>
To: "Burton, Ross" <ross.burton@intel.com>
Cc: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] security_flags: Add the compiler and linker flags that enhance security
Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2013 07:38:10 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <51D2E5D2.8050608@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJTo0LYvUMKyKqLBFEHXavjgRmwAxnPY6rfwFTux2ZAdSGX0Lw@mail.gmail.com>
On 07/02/2013 03:36 AM, Burton, Ross wrote:
> On 28 June 2013 23:08, Saul Wold <sgw@linux.intel.com> wrote:
>> These flags add addition checks at compile, link and runtime to prevent
>> stack smashing, checking for buffer overflows, and link at program start
>> to prevent call spoofing later.
>>
>> This needs to be explicitly enabled by adding the following line to your
>> local.conf:
>>
>> require conf/distro/include/security_flags.inc
>
> Will we be enabling this in Poky?
>
No we will not enable by default, but we will do builds with them
enabled regularly to test for build failures. They add overhead both in
binary size and performance.
Sau!
> Ross
>
>
prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-07-02 14:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-06-28 22:08 [PATCH v3] security_flags: Add the compiler and linker flags that enhance security Saul Wold
2013-06-28 22:22 ` Khem Raj
2013-07-02 10:36 ` Burton, Ross
2013-07-02 14:38 ` Saul Wold [this message]
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