CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE: Harden common str/mem functions against buffer overflows

General informations

The Linux kernel configuration item CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE:

• prompt: Harden common str/mem functions against buffer overflows
• type: bool
• depends on: ( CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_FORTIFY_SOURCE ) && (! CONFIG_CC_IS_CLANG || ! CONFIG_X86_32 )
• defined in security/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 4.13–4.20, 5.0–5.19, 6.0–6.11, 6.12-rc+HEAD

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Detect overflows of buffers in common string and memory functions where the compiler can determine and validate the buffer sizes.

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