Gentoo Archives: gentoo-hardened

From: "Anthony G. Basile" <basile@××××××××××××××.edu>
To: gentoo-hardened@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-hardened] The last browser (opera) to work with grsec by default may be succombing (ptrace).
Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:27:48
Message-Id: 4EE26EF3.2040302@opensource.dyc.edu
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-hardened] The last browser (opera) to work with grsec by default may be succombing (ptrace). by "Tóth Attila"
1 On 12/09/2011 08:41 AM, "Tóth Attila" wrote:
2 > Cannot start Firefox as well. Libreoffice either.
3 > -- dr Tóth Attila, Radiológus, 06-20-825-8057 Attila Toth MD,
4 > Radiologist, +36-20-825-8057 2011.December 9.(P) 14:17 időpontban Kevin
5 > Chadwick ezt írta:
6 >> > Has anyone tried Opera 11.60 with a grsecurity patched kernel.
7 >> >
8 >> > 11.52 worked fine but 11.60 is segfaulting with "denied ptrace
9 >> > of /usr/lib/opera/opera"
10 >> >
11 >> > The flash plugin seems to load on startup rather than on demand
12 >> > requiring a pluginpath.ini, if you have say a sandboxed flash enabled
13 >> > firefox browser.
14 >> >
15 >
16
17 We need bug reports on these because I am not experiencing any problems
18 with the latest hardened-kernels and firefox/libreoffice. I haven't
19 tried opera but will now. The reason for bug report is that it may take
20 a while to narrow it down as we back and forth.
21
22 --
23 Anthony G. Basile, Ph. D.
24 Chair of Information Technology
25 D'Youville College
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