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authorEfraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>2017-09-17 21:13:22 +0300
committerEfraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>2017-09-17 22:45:21 +0300
commitce27857f710ff32c05f4ba19a04a695c1cc2ce20 (patch)
tree5662f3226cea4142d343d00bc580cb6191caa4b2 /gnu
parent881006b65cd7693a1f473870fef1ae38f497f9ae (diff)
downloadguix-ce27857f710ff32c05f4ba19a04a695c1cc2ce20.tar.gz
gnu: binutils: Fix security issues.
* gnu/packages/base.scm (binutils)[replacement]: New field.
(binutils/fixed): New variable.
* gnu/packages/commencement.scm (binutils-boot0, binutils-final): Use
'package/inherit' to correctly use replacement binutils.
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu')
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/base.scm14
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/commencement.scm5
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm
index 1ccff1fcf5..972ffeeecb 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm
@@ -394,6 +394,7 @@ change.  GNU make offers many powerful extensions over the standard utility.")
 
 (define-public binutils
   (package
+   (replacement binutils/fixed)
    (name "binutils")
    (version "2.28")
    (source (origin
@@ -435,6 +436,19 @@ included.")
    (license gpl3+)
    (home-page "https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/")))
 
+(define binutils/fixed
+  (package
+    (inherit binutils)
+    ;; 2.28.1 is two characters longer than 2.28, so grafting fails due to
+    ;; mismatched lengths of filenames, so we have to force  it to the same length.
+    (version "2281")
+    (source
+      (origin (inherit (package-source binutils))
+              (uri "mirror://gnu/binutils/binutils-2.28.1.tar.bz2")
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "1sj234nd05cdgga1r36zalvvdkvpfbr12g5mir2n8i1dwsdrj939"))))))
+
 (define* (make-ld-wrapper name #:key
                           (target (const #f))
                           binutils
diff --git a/gnu/packages/commencement.scm b/gnu/packages/commencement.scm
index 7bbe1becd9..ec7677814f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/commencement.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/commencement.scm
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2014 Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2012 Nikita Karetnikov <nikita@karetnikov.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2014, 2015, 2017 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2017 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@
 
 (define binutils-boot0
   (package-with-bootstrap-guile
-   (package (inherit binutils)
+   (package/inherit binutils
      (name "binutils-cross-boot0")
      (arguments
       `(#:guile ,%bootstrap-guile
@@ -667,7 +668,7 @@ exec ~a/bin/~a-~a -B~a/lib -Wl,-dynamic-linker -Wl,~a/~a \"$@\"~%"
 
 (define binutils-final
   (package-with-bootstrap-guile
-   (package (inherit binutils)
+   (package/inherit binutils
      (arguments
       `(#:guile ,%bootstrap-guile
         #:implicit-inputs? #f