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36 .Nd bounds checked libc functions
42 .Fn sprintf "char *str" "const char *fmt" "..."
44 .Fn vsprintf "char *str" "const char *fmt" "va_list ap"
46 .Fn snprintf "char *str" "size_t len" "const char *fmt" "..."
48 .Fn vsnprintf "char *str" "size_t len" "const char *fmt" "va_list ap"
52 .Fn fgets "char *str" "int len" "FILE *fp"
55 .Fn memcpy "void *str" "const void *ptr" "size_t len"
57 .Fn memmove "void *str" "const void *ptr" "size_t len"
59 .Fn memset "void *str" "int val" "size_t len"
61 .Fn strcpy "char *str" "const char *ptr" "size_t len"
63 .Fn strcat "char *str" "const char *ptr" "size_t len"
65 .Fn strncpy "char *str" "const char *ptr" "size_t len"
67 .Fn strncat "char *str" "const char *ptr" "size_t len"
70 .Fn bcopy "const void *ptr" "void *str" "size_t len"
72 .Fn bzero "void *str" "size_t len"
75 .Fn read "int fd" "void *str" "size_t len"
77 .Fn readlink "const char * restrict path" "char * restrict str" "size_t len"
79 .Fn getcwd "char *str" "size_t len"
83 bounds checking is enabled as described below, the above functions get
84 overwritten to use the
85 .Xr __builtin_object_size 3
86 function to compute the size of
88 if known at compile time,
89 and perform bounds check on it in order
90 to avoid data buffer or stack buffer overflows.
91 If an overflow is detected, the routines will call
94 To enable these function overrides the following should be added to the
97 .Dq \-I/usr/include/ssp
98 to override the standard include files and
99 .Dq \-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1
101 .Dq \-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 .
104 .Dv _FORTIFY_SOURCE is set to
106 the code will compute the maximum possible buffer size for
110 it will compute the minimum buffer size.
113 .Xr __builtin_object_size 3 ,