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-rw-r--r--src/env/__stack_chk_fail.c9
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/env/__stack_chk_fail.c b/src/env/__stack_chk_fail.c
index bf5a280a..e5352602 100644
--- a/src/env/__stack_chk_fail.c
+++ b/src/env/__stack_chk_fail.c
@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@ void __init_ssp(void *entropy)
if (entropy) memcpy(&__stack_chk_guard, entropy, sizeof(uintptr_t));
else __stack_chk_guard = (uintptr_t)&__stack_chk_guard * 1103515245;
+#if UINTPTR_MAX >= 0xffffffffffffffff
+ /* Sacrifice 8 bits of entropy on 64bit to prevent leaking/
+ * overwriting the canary via string-manipulation functions.
+ * The NULL byte is on the second byte so that off-by-ones can
+ * still be detected. Endianness is taken care of
+ * automatically. */
+ ((char *)&__stack_chk_guard)[1] = 0;
+#endif
+
__pthread_self()->canary = __stack_chk_guard;
}