QA/Mandatory ASLR:Test Plan

Bug 728429 - Mandatory ASLR on Windows for binary components

Feature Status	Target	QA owner	Status
Landed	Firefox 13	Virgil Dicu	Signed off on Aurora

Summary

• Starting with bug 728429, Firefox will refuse to load XPCOM components DLLs that do not implement ASLR (Address space layout randomization). This concerns binary add-ons compatible with Firefox 13.

Reference

• Implementation bug:
  • bug 728429
• Test Cases
  • Spreadsheet
  • Litmus

Use cases

• Install binary add-ons in Firefox 13. DLLs loaded by that respective add-on should have ASLR enabled.

Focus areas - Binary Add-ons

• Binary add-ons are not compatible by default with Firefox. Any incompatible binary add-on should be disabled in Firefox.
• List of binary add-ons to check:
  • https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/compatibility/13.0?type=binary&page=1&previous=1

Will not be tested

• Non-binary add-ons

Aurora Sign-off

• Verified on the following platforms with the Aurora Firefox 13 build - Gecko/20120318:
  • Windows 7 - PASS
  • Windows XP - PASS

• Firefox works fine after binary add-ons installation (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/compatibility/11.0?appver=1-11.0&type=binary). No hangs, crashes occur.

Beta Sign-off

• Verified on the following platforms with the Beta Firefox 13 build:
  • Windows 7 x86_64 - PASS
  • Windows 7 - PASS
  • Windows XP - PASS
  • Windows Vista

• Firefox works fine after binary add-ons installation (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/compatibility/11.0?appver=1-11.0&type=binary). No hangs, crashes occur.