Bug#729746: MAXLOGNAME increased (17 -> 32)
Package: kfreebsd-10
Version: 10.0~svn257123-1
Severity: important
See:
http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=243023
Given that MAXLOGNAME is mirrored in <bits/param.h> and available to
userland, this opens a few questions:
- Does the new ABI create any security concerns? E.g. buffer overflows
in userland.
- Should we update MAXLOGNAME in glibc? Would we need wrapper code in
order to preserve compatibility with 9.x in case we did that?
- Do we need to patch the kernel in order to preserve backward
compatibility with old userland? (e.g. Wheezy chroot)
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Robert Millan
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