Bug 127295

Summary:	media-libs/gdk-pixbuf-0.22.0-r5: QA Notice about executable stacks
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Malte S. Stretz <gentoo-bugger>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team <gnome>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	Add GNU-STACK markings to asm

Description Malte S. Stretz 2006-03-23 05:08:31 UTC

When merging gdk-pixbuf, the following QA Notice is printed:
making executable: /usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf.so.2.0.0
making executable: /usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf_xlib.so.2.0.0

QA Notice: the following files contain executable stacks
 Files with executable stacks will not work properly (or at all!)
 on some architectures/operating systems.  A bug should be filed
 at http://bugs.gentoo.org/ to make sure the file is fixed.
RWX --- --- usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf.so.2.0.0
RWX --- --- usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf_xlib.so.2.0.0

>>> Completed installing gdk-pixbuf-0.22.0-r6 into /var/tmp/portage/gdk-pixbuf-0.22.0-r6/image/

Comment 1 Kevin F. Quinn (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-06-05 06:15:12 UTC

Created attachment 88428 [details, diff]
Add GNU-STACK markings to asm

I've been through the asm code, and it doesn't look like it really needs executable stacks so the fix is simply to add the GNU-STACK marking to each .S file, which this patch does (see http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/hardened/gnu-stack.xml).

All yours, gnome@ :)

Comment 2 Saleem Abdulrasool (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-11-28 21:54:07 UTC

Marked for removal.  Please migrate to gnome-2.x