Re: RFC: Should the linker warn about and/or control the propagation of audit libraries ?
Nick Clifton <[email protected]> Thu, 30 Jul 2026 12:14:33 +0100
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Hi Sam, > I'm not sure I see a problem: the same issue exists with ELF > constructors without DT_AUDIT. Do these constructors have the potential to intercept and change symbol resolution though ? I think that the issue is that audit libraries are potentially able to perform very low level manipulation of the run time environment, and so should be used with caution. > That said, the use of DT_AUDIT is so unusual that I'd find a message > about it slightly interesting. I must admit that I would be interested in seeing if there any projects out there that are using audit libraries for anything other than debugging or profiling purposes. Cheers Nick