[El-errata] ELBA-2024-8863 Oracle Linux 8 gcc-toolset-14-annobin bug fix and enhancement update

Mon Nov 25 16:41:11 UTC 2024

Oracle Linux Bug Fix Advisory ELBA-2024-8863

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELBA-2024-8863.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 8 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

x86_64:
gcc-toolset-14-annobin-annocheck-12.70-2.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
gcc-toolset-14-annobin-docs-12.70-2.el8_10.noarch.rpm
gcc-toolset-14-annobin-plugin-gcc-12.70-2.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

aarch64:
gcc-toolset-14-annobin-annocheck-12.70-2.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
gcc-toolset-14-annobin-docs-12.70-2.el8_10.noarch.rpm
gcc-toolset-14-annobin-plugin-gcc-12.70-2.el8_10.aarch64.rpm

SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol8/SRPMS-updates//gcc-toolset-14-annobin-12.70-2.el8_10.src.rpm

Description of changes:

[12.70-2]
- Clang & LLVM Plugins: Remove buildroot from plugin install directory.  (RHEL-54178)

[12.70-1]
- Clang & LLVM Plugins: Include install directory in binary.  (RHEL-54178)

[12.69-1]
- BuiltBy: Fix seg-fault when comparing language version strings.  (RHEL-53497)
- Spec File: Use correct names for the symlinks.  (RHEL-53210)

[12.67-5]
- Spec File: Use correct names for the symlinks.  (RHEL-53210)

[12.67-4]
- Spec File: Use correct names for the plugins.  (RHEL-53210)

[12.67-3]
- Spec File: Disable bootstrapping.

[12.67-2]
- Spec File: Use correct directory for plugin installation.  (RHEL-53210)
- Spec File: Disable plugin when running on wrong major version of the compiler.

[12.67-1]
- Annocheck: Stop spurious assembler warnings.  (RHEL-53213)
- Annocheck: Stop warnings about known gaps.    (RHEL-53218)
- Annocheck: Fix stack realign test.  (#2302427)

[12.65-5]
- Spec File: Change bootstrap gcc version to 14.  (RHEL-53210)

[12.65-4]
- Spec File: Remove scl-runtime requirement when bootstrapping.

[12.65-3]
- Spec File: Enable bootstrapping.

[12.65-2]
- Spec File: Remove spurious dash from install path of gcc plugin.  (RHEL-51183)

[12.65-1]
- Rebase to 12.65.  (RHEL-51056)
- Annocheck: Fix recording arguments for later re-use.  (RHEL-50802)
- GCC Plugin: Fix building AArch64 components with gcc earlier than 11.3.
- Annocheck: Add improvements to the builtby utility.
- Annocheck: Add support for ADA binaries.
- Annocheck: Add support for binaries built from more than two high level source languages.
- Annocheck: Add support for object files containing no executable code.
- Annocheck: Do not FAIL LLVM compiled binaries that have not been built with sanitize-cfi and/or sanitize-safe-stack.
- Annocheck: Add support for Fortran binaries.
- Annocheck: Add heuristic for detecting parts of the CGO runtime library.
- Annocheck: Add improvements for handling Clang runtime binaries.
- Annocheck: Add tweaks for mixed Rust/C binaries.  (#2284605)
- Annocheck: Add more glibc source file names.
- Annocheck: Skip GAPS test for GO binaries.  (RHEL-36308)
- Annocheck: Remove some false positives for Rust binaries.  (#2280239)
- Annocheck: Defer passing the branch protection test until all notes have been checked.
- GCC Plugin: Add extra code for detecting the branch protection setting.  (RHEL-35958)

[12.52-5]
- Spec File: Hard code the gcc plugin directory when boostrapping.  (RHEL-50148)

[12.52-3]
- Disable bootstrapping.  (RHEL-29850)

[12.52-2]
- Disable version checks in gcc plugin.  (RHEL-29850)

[12.52-1]
- Initial import of sources.
- Compared to GTS-13 annobin (12.32) the improvements are:
- Annocheck: Add OpenSSL Engine test.  (PTG-319)
- Annocheck: Test for gaps even when only one note is present.
- Annocheck: Skip AArch64 branch protection test for GO binaries.
- GCC Plugin: Disable active check for -Wimplicit-int for non-C sources.  (#2275884)
- Annocheck: Ignore stack checks for AMD GPU binaries.
- Annocheck: Do not produce FAIL result for i686 binaries in the RHEL-10 profile.
- Annocheck: Test for __stack_chk_guard being writeable.
- Annocheck: Update heuristics for detecting glibc code in executables.  (RHEL-30579)
- Clang & LLVM Plugins: Allow environment to override fortification level.  (RHEL-30579)
- Spec File: Override fortification level and set it to 3.
- Annocheck: Improve detection of -mbranch-protection option.
- Clang Plugin: Add global-file-syms option.
- LLVM Plugin: Add global-file-syms option.
- Plugins: Add support for ANNOBIN environment variable.
- GCC Plugin: Fix bug extracing the value of target specific command line options.
- Configure: Remove check for FrontendPluginRegistry.h header as it is stored in a non-standard location on Debian systems.
- Debuginfod test: Allow for the libdwfl library silently contacting the debuginfod server.
- LLVM Plugin: Use llvm-config to get the correct paths and options for building executables.
- Clang Plugin: Likewise.
- Enable silent rules for most building.
- Annocheck: Correctly extract DWARF attributes from DT_REL files.
- Annocheck: Improve heuristics for locating debug info files.  (#2267097)
- Configure: Harmonize configure options.  
- Clang Plugin: Fix building with Clang 18.  (#31414)
- GCC Plugin: Add support for MIPS specific target functions.
- GCC Plugin: Use .dc.a for address expressions in 64-bit ELF format notes.
- Spec File: Remove a workaround for ppc64le.
- Annocheck: Improve heuristic for skipping LTO and FORTIFY tests.  (#2264000)
- Annocheck: Also skip property note test for i686 binaries. (#2258571)
- Annocheck: Also skip the entry point test for i686 binaries. (#2258571)
- GCC Plugin: Do not use section groups with string format notes.
- Annocheck: Disable cf-protection test for i686 architecture. (#2258571)
- Spec File: Disable hard gcc check in order to allow builds with new version of gcc.
- Spec File: Do not install annocheck.1.gz when annocheck is disabled.
- Annocheck: Improve detection of FIPS compliant GO binaries.
- GCC Plugin: Fix recording of the -Wimplicit-int and -Wimplicit-function-declaration warnings.  Add active checks for when they are deliberately disabled.
- Tests: Fix implicit-values test so that it will compile with gcc 14+.