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ctf: do not allow dwarf2ctf to run as root
authorNick Alcock <nick.alcock@oracle.com>
Wed, 19 Jul 2017 14:44:05 +0000 (15:44 +0100)
committerNick Alcock <nick.alcock@oracle.com>
Tue, 19 Sep 2017 08:33:37 +0000 (09:33 +0100)
commitaedc343eba8b4f4789cdba8215efd4cfdc37a77a
tree158b077d0c406a06272d4053514c05c77b3932e7tree
parent4ba8ec797e702788a322b9a2f2811b6d1ffb3e3acommit | diff
ctf: do not allow dwarf2ctf to run as root

This is just insanely dangerous: with the addition of the CTF_DEBUGDIR
info it reads almost arbitrary DWARF.  elfutils is not root-rated and
frankly neither is dwarf2ctf, valgrind or no valgrind.  It's just too
complicated to risk that way.

Signed-off-by: Nick Alcock <nick.alcock@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Tomas Jedlicka <tomas.jedlicka@oracle.com>
Orabug: 25815362
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