[MPlayer-dev-eng] Mplayer: PT_GNU_STACK RWE

[Gianluigi Tiesi]

On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 09:20:12PM -0500, Ivan Gyurdiev wrote:
> (re-sending to correct mplayer list..)
> 
> Hi, I've subscribed to this list just to post this one question.
> 
> The mplayer/mencoder executables are marked with PT_GNU_STACK RWE.
> This is true for the RPMS which I use from Livna.org (vs FC3), and also
> for mplayer CVS, compiled with gcc 3.4.3 (default FC rawhide compiler). 
> 
> This creates problems for the SELinux strict policy, and requires that
> special privileges be granted for mplayer as a "legacy domain".
> 
> The question is, does mplayer really require an executable stack?
> 
> I'm not a gcc expert of any kind, but from what I've read I understand
> that asm code causes gcc to mark the binary as requiring executable
> stack. I think it can be overriden with ld -z noexecstack.
> 
> It would be a lot easier to write the mplayer security policy
> if it didn't require executable stack.
> 
> -- 
I think it is required to use win32 dlls, but I may be wrong ;)

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