[lfs-support] Tricking ifup security flaw

2015-01-23 Thread Paul Rogers
Putting the actual name of the script to be run in the SERVICE variable opens up the possibility of running arbitrary code if the interface config file can be compromised. Certainly that file should be write protected, but even so this just expands the "attack surface". It should at least have mo

Re: [lfs-support] LFS 7.6 Chapter 5 binutils pass2 configure error

2015-01-23 Thread Paul Rogers
> One of my machines has a Phenom x4 965 CPU and from time to time it > segfaults when I am compiling with make -j4. I know of at least one > other person with a similar CPU who has reported the same problem. In > his case, he only ever uses -j3 or less. I can confirm that too. I had that pr

Re: [lfs-support] LFS 7.6 Chapter 5 binutils pass2 configure error

2015-01-23 Thread Bruce Ward
On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 3:12 AM, William Harrington wrote: > On Fri, January 23, 2015 06:36, Bruce Ward wrote: > >> So far there has been no mention in instructions of applying patches - >> I believe that I have applied all patches as I progressed. >> >> Any ideas before I start it all again! >> >

Re: [lfs-support] LFS 7.6 Chapter 5 binutils pass2 configure error

2015-01-23 Thread Pierre Labastie
Le 23/01/2015 07:36, Bruce Ward a écrit : I have a binutils pass 2 configure problem - portion of config.log shown below. configure:4337: checking whether the C compiler works configure:4346: ./a.out ../binutils-2.24/configure: line 4348: 27184 Segmentation fault ./$ac_file configure:4350:

Re: [lfs-support] LFS 7.6 Chapter 5 binutils pass2 configure error

2015-01-23 Thread Ken Moffat
On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 07:36:45PM +1300, Bruce Ward wrote: > I have a binutils pass 2 configure problem - portion of config.log shown > below. > > configure:4337: checking whether the C compiler works > configure:4346: ./a.out > ../binutils-2.24/configure: line 4348: 27184 Segmentation fault

Re: [lfs-support] LFS 7.6 Chapter 5 binutils pass2 configure error

2015-01-23 Thread William Harrington
On Fri, January 23, 2015 06:36, Bruce Ward wrote: > So far there has been no mention in instructions of applying patches - > I believe that I have applied all patches as I progressed. > > Any ideas before I start it all again! > > Thank you, > Bruce Ward Hello Bruce, http://www.linuxfromscratch.