Bug 1371819 - POSIX.1 declarations of bcopy or bzero doesn't use Object Size Checking functionality
Summary: POSIX.1 declarations of bcopy or bzero doesn't use Object Size Checking funct...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
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Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
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OS: Linux
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Reported: 2016-08-31 08:12 UTC by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2021-02-17 03:24 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2016-09-06 08:38:18 UTC

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Description Adam Mariš 2016-08-31 08:12:33 UTC 
It was found that code using the POSIX.1 declarations of bcopy or bzero in <strings.h> do not benefit from their available Object Size Checking functionality even when compiled with -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=*.
Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2016-08-31 08:12:48 UTC 
Acknowledgments:

Name: Yaakov Selkowitz (Red Hat)
Comment 7 Tomas Hoger 2016-09-06 08:38:18 UTC 
This is not considered a security vulnerability, but as a security enhancement.
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