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manual/tunables - Add entry for enable_secure tunable.

Message ID 20240301174629.2012625-1-josimmon@redhat.com
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Series manual/tunables - Add entry for enable_secure tunable. | expand

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Joe Simmons-Talbott March 1, 2024, 5:46 p.m. UTC
From: Joe Talbott <joetalbott@gmail.com>

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 manual/tunables.texi | 10 ++++++++++
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diff --git a/manual/tunables.texi b/manual/tunables.texi
index be97190d67..4a7d04dc0d 100644
--- a/manual/tunables.texi
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@@ -345,6 +345,16 @@  performance issues of @samp{1}.
 The default value of this tunable is @samp{2}.
 @end deftp
 
+@deftp Tunable glibc.rtld.enable_secure
+Used to run a program as if it were a setuid process.  The only valid value
+is @samp{1} as this tunable can only be used to set and not unset
+@code{enable_secure}.  Setting this tunable to @samp{1} also disables all other
+tunables.  This tunable is intended to facilitate more extensive verification
+tests for @code{AT_SECURE} programs and not meant to be a security feature.
+
+The default value of this tunable is @samp{0}.
+@end deftp
+
 @node Elision Tunables
 @section Elision Tunables
 @cindex elision tunables