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[Bug libc/17100] secure_getenv() does not seem to properly detect if an environment is secure


https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17100

--- Comment #2 from joseph at codesourcery dot com <joseph at codesourcery dot com> ---
On Sun, 29 Jun 2014, busterb at gmail dot com wrote:

> contexts, among other issues. I think that future glibc versions should only
> use AT_SECURE, removing the getuid/geteuid check. If AT_SECURE is unavailable,
> just assume the worst.

AT_SECURE is always available, since we removed support for pre-2.6 
kernels.

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