[tor-bugs] #16352 [Tor Browser]: Play with Intel's MPX for hardened Tor Browser builds

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#16352: Play with Intel's MPX for hardened Tor Browser builds
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 Reporter:  gk                        |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  task                      |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                    |      Milestone:
Component:  Tor Browser               |        Version:
 Keywords:  tbb-security, tbb-gitian  |  Actual Points:
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 With GCC 5.x support for Intel's MPX is available. We should play with it
 and see what we could get out of it using Intel's SDE. Useful links:

 https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/Intel%20MPX%20support%20in%20the%20GCC%20compiler
 https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/using-intel-mpx-with-the-intel-
 software-development-emulator
 https://code.google.com/p/address-
 sanitizer/wiki/IntelMemoryProtectionExtensions

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