Improve the description of Cygwin ldd utility to give a bit more detail
about how it does what it does
Also add a security warning (modelled after the one in the Linux manpage)
that it may end up executing the file it is applied to.
Signed-off-by: Jon Turney <jon.tur...@dronecode.org.uk>
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winsup/doc/utils.xml | 16 +++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/winsup/doc/utils.xml b/winsup/doc/utils.xml
index 12949c5..906c377 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/utils.xml
+++ b/winsup/doc/utils.xml
@@ -755,10 +755,20 @@ ldd [OPTION]... FILE...
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
- <para><command>ldd</command> prints the shared libraries (DLLs) an
- executable or DLL is linked against. No modifying option is implemented
- yet.</para>
+ <para><command>ldd</command> prints the shared libraries (DLLs) loaded
+ when running an executable or DLL.</para>
+
+ <refsect2>
+ <title>Security</title>
+ <para>
+ <command>ldd</command> invokes the Windows loader on the file specified,
+ then uses the Windows debugging interface to report DLLs loaded, and
+ (for executables) to attempt to stop execution before the entrypoint.
+ Thus, you should never use ldd on an untrusted file.
+ </para>
+ </refsect2>
</refsect1>
+
</refentry>
<refentry id="locale">
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2.8.3
