[tbb-bugs] #21448 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Identify what build flags we should be using for security, and use them

Mon Jul 31 18:49:20 UTC 2017

#21448: Identify what build flags we should be using for security, and use them
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 Reporter:  arthuredelstein           |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect                    |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                    |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                    |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tbb-security              |  Actual Points:
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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 Tor Team is doing something similar in #22660.
 This is https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1374345
 But `-z noexecstack` needs checking whether stupid linker emits execstack
 by default? But `-Wa,--noexecstack` for assembler parts makes sense.
 This is https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=671426

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