What the developer wrote
Authored by jpk68
utils/openrc: require net dependency
What changed, and why it matters
This commit changes the Monero daemon's OpenRC service script so that it now requires ('needs') a working network and uses DNS, rather than merely starting after the network service. This is a service-dependency hardening fix: it helps ensure the Monero daemon does not start without network connectivity, which could prevent misbehavior or partial startup failures. It is not a code vulnerability fix and does not directly allow an attacker to exploit the daemon.
No urgent action. Distributors using OpenRC should review the updated service file and consider adopting the 'need net' / 'use dns' dependency declarations to improve startup reliability. This is a low-priority operational improvement, not a security emergency.
Security signals we found
Service dependency hardening
Operational reliability improvement
No direct vulnerability patch
Evidence from the diff
The diff modifies utils/openrc/monerod.openrc, changing the OpenRC dependency declaration from ‘after net’ to ‘need net’ plus ‘use dns’. In OpenRC, ‘after’ only orders startup, while ‘need’ makes the service fail if the dependency is unavailable, and ‘use’ adds a soft dependency on DNS. This is a deployment/operational hardening change to ensure monerod starts only when network (and optionally DNS) is ready. There is no direct security bug being patched; it reduces the risk of the daemon starting in a degraded network state.
Changed components
utils/openrc/monerod.openrcInspect captured patch +2 / −1
diff --git a/utils/openrc/monerod.openrc b/utils/openrc/monerod.openrc
index 2dcd2e7..30d5a3d 100644
--- a/utils/openrc/monerod.openrc
+++ b/utils/openrc/monerod.openrc
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ respawn_delay=10
respawn_max=0
depend() {
- after net
+ need net
+ use dns
}
start_pre() {
Why this scored 19/100
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