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From: Joe Simmons-Talbott <josepht@sourceware.org>
To: glibc-cvs@sourceware.org
Subject: [glibc] manual/tunables - Add entry for enable_secure tunable.
Date: Fri,  1 Mar 2024 17:43:29 +0000 (GMT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240301174329.437B63858C5F@sourceware.org> (raw)

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=d370155b9ab73d0c45bf968b7a9c823f4697a505

commit d370155b9ab73d0c45bf968b7a9c823f4697a505
Author: Joe Talbott <joetalbott@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri Mar 1 17:42:10 2024 +0000

    manual/tunables - Add entry for enable_secure tunable.

Diff:
---
 manual/tunables.texi | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/manual/tunables.texi b/manual/tunables.texi
index be97190d67..4a7d04dc0d 100644
--- a/manual/tunables.texi
+++ b/manual/tunables.texi
@@ -345,6 +345,16 @@ performance issues of @samp{1}.
 The default value of this tunable is @samp{2}.
 @end deftp
 
+@deftp Tunable glibc.rtld.enable_secure
+Used to run a program as if it were a setuid process.  The only valid value
+is @samp{1} as this tunable can only be used to set and not unset
+@code{enable_secure}.  Setting this tunable to @samp{1} also disables all other
+tunables.  This tunable is intended to facilitate more extensive verification
+tests for @code{AT_SECURE} programs and not meant to be a security feature.
+
+The default value of this tunable is @samp{0}.
+@end deftp
+
 @node Elision Tunables
 @section Elision Tunables
 @cindex elision tunables

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