From 8a932154c56214e37b8e8b7ccf755b19316c2f84 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Wladimir J. van der Laan" Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2016 16:54:28 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] build: supply `-Wl,--high-entropy-va` This should enable high-entropy ASLR on 64-bit targets, for better mitigation of exploits. --- configure.ac | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index ad0731a80..3f96fac12 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -443,6 +443,7 @@ if test x$use_hardening != xno; then # These are only available on Windows. AX_CHECK_LINK_FLAG([[-Wl,--dynamicbase]], [HARDENED_LDFLAGS="$HARDENED_LDFLAGS -Wl,--dynamicbase"],[AC_MSG_ERROR(Cannot enable --dynamicbase)]) AX_CHECK_LINK_FLAG([[-Wl,--nxcompat]], [HARDENED_LDFLAGS="$HARDENED_LDFLAGS -Wl,--nxcompat"],[AC_MSG_ERROR(Cannot enable --nxcompat)]) + AX_CHECK_LINK_FLAG([[-Wl,--high-entropy-va]], [HARDENED_LDFLAGS="$HARDENED_LDFLAGS -Wl,--high-entropy-va"],[AC_MSG_ERROR(Cannot enable ASLR)]) fi case $host in