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From: xystrus <xystrus@haxm.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: link() security
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 13:02:33 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020413130233.A4743@pizzashack.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020411181524.A1463@figure1.int.wirex.com> <E16wQsU-0000cb-00@the-village.bc.nu>

On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 05:59:54PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > http://openwall.com.  Work based on Solar Designer's Openwall patch has
> > been brought forward to more recent 2.4 and 2.5 kernels.  Both the
> > following projects implement the Openwall secure link feature:
> > 
> >   http://grsecurity.net
> >   http://lsm.immunix.org
> > 
> > This can break some applications that make assumptions wrt. link(2)
> > (Courier MTA for example).
> 
> How practical is it to make this a mount option and to do so cleanly ?

Perhaps two options: one to allow creation of the link only when the
UIDs match; and the other to allow the link when GIDs match, to keep
Courier happy?


  reply	other threads:[~2002-04-13 17:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-04-11 23:21 link() security xystrus
2002-04-12  1:15 ` Chris Wright
2002-04-13 16:59   ` Alan Cox
2002-04-13 17:02     ` xystrus [this message]
2002-04-14  1:49     ` Chris Wright
2002-04-15 14:44 ` Patrick J. LoPresti
2002-04-15 19:25   ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-04-15 22:48     ` Alan Cox
2002-04-15 23:05       ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-04-15 23:28         ` Alan Cox
2002-04-15 23:14           ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-04-16  0:01             ` Kurt Wall
2002-04-15 21:41   ` xystrus
2002-05-06  5:00     ` Albert D. Cahalan
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-04-13 17:48 Hank Leininger
2002-04-15 19:36 Chris Adams
2002-04-15 19:55 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-04-15 20:36   ` Patrick J. LoPresti
2002-04-16  1:37     ` H. Peter Anvin

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