From: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: majkls <majkls@prepere.com>,
bunk@fs.tum.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: sys_chroot+sys_fchdir Fix
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:27:22 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <46F16A0A.3070402@tmr.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070919104018.3a6bcfb1@the-village.bc.nu>
Alan Cox wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 09:19:50 +0200
> majkls <majkls@prepere.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> here is an fix to an exploit (obtained somewhere in internet). This
>> exploit can workaround chroot with CAP_SYS_CHROOT. It is also possible
>> (with sufficient filedescriptor (if there is na directory fd opened in
>> root) workaround chroot with sys_fchdir. This patch fixes it.
>
>
> If you have the ability to use chroot() you are root. If you are root you
> can walk happily out of any chroot by a thousand other means.
>
I thought this was to prevent breaking out of chroot as a normal user.
ie. chroot /var/myjail /bin/su - guest
or similar.
--
Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
"We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from
the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-09-19 18:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-09-19 7:19 sys_chroot+sys_fchdir Fix majkls
2007-09-19 9:40 ` Alan Cox
2007-09-19 18:27 ` Bill Davidsen [this message]
2007-09-19 18:45 ` Alan Cox
2007-09-19 22:24 ` David Newall
2007-09-21 17:39 ` Phillip Susi
2007-09-21 18:10 ` Alan Cox
2007-09-25 20:53 ` Phillip Susi
2007-09-26 0:23 ` Al Viro
2007-09-26 10:34 ` David Newall
2007-09-26 11:21 ` Alan Cox
2007-09-26 11:22 ` David Newall
2007-09-26 11:38 ` Alan Cox
2007-09-26 11:56 ` David Newall
2007-09-26 14:10 ` Alan Cox
2007-09-26 15:03 ` Chris Adams
2007-09-26 16:54 ` David Newall
2007-09-26 17:04 ` Alan Cox
2007-09-26 17:18 ` David Newall
2007-09-26 17:29 ` Alan Cox
2007-09-26 17:28 ` David Newall
2007-09-26 18:40 ` Al Viro
2007-09-26 19:24 ` Christer Weinigel
2007-09-26 21:19 ` David Newall
2007-09-26 21:55 ` Adrian Bunk
2007-09-26 23:35 ` David Newall
2007-09-27 0:01 ` Adrian Bunk
2007-09-27 3:59 ` Al Viro
2007-09-27 6:42 ` David Newall
2007-09-27 6:53 ` Adrian Bunk
2007-09-27 7:28 ` Christer Weinigel
2007-09-27 11:23 ` Theodore Tso
2007-09-27 14:36 ` Bill Davidsen
2007-09-28 1:06 ` David Newall
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2007-09-20 11:13 ` Bodo Eggert
2007-09-20 11:59 ` Philipp Marek
2007-09-20 12:52 ` majkls
2007-09-20 16:06 ` David Newall
2007-09-20 16:17 ` Philipp Marek
2007-09-20 18:02 ` David Newall
2007-09-20 20:53 ` Bill Davidsen
2007-09-21 8:29 ` David Newall
2007-09-24 21:32 ` Serge E. Hallyn
2007-09-24 22:04 ` David Newall
2007-09-24 23:00 ` Serge E. Hallyn
2007-09-25 7:45 ` David Newall
2007-09-25 11:49 ` Serge E. Hallyn
2007-09-25 13:58 ` David Newall
2007-09-24 23:02 ` Serge E. Hallyn
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2007-09-26 9:38 ` Nick Craig-Wood
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