From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 15 May 2002 16:06:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 15 May 2002 16:06:16 -0400 Received: from [195.39.17.254] ([195.39.17.254]:27543 "EHLO Elf.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 15 May 2002 16:06:15 -0400 Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 21:48:58 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: Elladan Cc: kernel list Subject: Re: [RFC] ext2 and ext3 block reservations can be bypassed Message-ID: <20020515194857.GA6485@elf.ucw.cz> In-Reply-To: <200205131709.g4DH9Fjv006328@pincoya.inf.utfsm.cl> <20020513105250.A30395@eskimo.com> <20020513185723.A2657@infradead.org> <20020514092254.A2581@eskimo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > I went to google and attempted to find information about the root > reserve space for ext2, as a user wondering about the feature would. I > couldn't find any documentation that states it's purely a fragmentation > and convenience feature. I did, however, find documents stating > otherwise. Note how even Documentation/filesystems/ext2.txt states that > it's a security feature? > > If this is not a security feature, Documentation/filesystems/ext2.txt > needs to be changed. Eg., I'd suggest you to mail to bugtraq@securityfocus.com; it sounds like security hole to me, and probably common across many unix variants. Pavel -- (about SSSCA) "I don't say this lightly. However, I really think that the U.S. no longer is classifiable as a democracy, but rather as a plutocracy." --hpa