On Feb 9 13:36, Jon Turney via Cygwin wrote: > On 09/02/2024 02:17, Kaz Kylheku via Cygwin wrote: > > > > I see the commit: > > https://cygwin.com/cgit/cygwin-apps/setup/commit/?id=0122154811bacdd7dc042cff0c80bb0a36af360c > > > > I'm curious, what improvement arises out of looking up the > > SetDefaultDllDirectories > > function dynamically in kernel32.dll? > > > > Is it the case that malicious software can interpose itself somehow such > > that > > the statically linked SetDefaultDllDirectories call goes elsewhere other > > than > > kernel32.dll, which we can thwart by asking for the genuine article in > > kernel32.dll? > > You're looking at the wrong commit there. > > The dynamic lookup merely ensures that setup continues to work at all on > Windows versions (<6.0), which don't support that function.
Typo. Windows < 6.2. SetDefaultDllDirectories has been introduced with Windows 8. Corinna -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
