Rich Felker
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it was reported by Erik Bosman that poll fails without setting revents when the nfds argument exceeds the current value for RLIMIT_NOFILE, causing the subsequent open calls to be bypassed. if the rlimit is either 1 or 2, this leaves fd 0 and 1 potentially closed but openable when the application code is reached. based on a brief reading of the poll syscall documentation and code, it may be possible for poll to fail under other attacker-controlled conditions as well. if it turns out these are reasonable conditions that may happen in the real world, we may have to go back and implement fallbacks to probe each fd individually if poll fails, but for now, keep things simple and treat all poll failures as fatal.
musl libc
musl, pronounced like the word "mussel", is an MIT-licensed
implementation of the standard C library targetting the Linux syscall
API, suitable for use in a wide range of deployment environments. musl
offers efficient static and dynamic linking support, lightweight code
and low runtime overhead, strong fail-safe guarantees under correct
usage, and correctness in the sense of standards conformance and
safety. musl is built on the principle that these goals are best
achieved through simple code that is easy to understand and maintain.
The 1.1 release series for musl features coverage for all interfaces
defined in ISO C99 and POSIX 2008 base, along with a number of
non-standardized interfaces for compatibility with Linux, BSD, and
glibc functionality.
For basic installation instructions, see the included INSTALL file.
Information on full musl-targeted compiler toolchains, system
bootstrapping, and Linux distributions built on musl can be found on
the project website:
http://www.musl-libc.org/