Re: CVE-2021-4034: why is pkexec still a thing?

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On 1/28/22 11:38, Michael Catanzaro wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 28 2022 at 10:55:43 AM -0500, Demi Marie Obenour 
> <demiobenour@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> As an aside, can Linux and/or glibc please disallow passing a NULL
>> argv[0]?  I would honestly be okay with glibc just crashing the 
>> process
>> during startup if argv[0] is NULL or empty.
> 
> A glibc restriction wouldn't be enough, since you don't have to use 
> glibc to make a syscall.

I meant glibc in the *child* process, at least if AT_SECURE is set.

-- 
Sincerely,
Demi Marie Obenour (she/her/hers)

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