From: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
To: Matthew Horsfall <alh@akamai.com>
Cc: util-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Possible security issue with mount()
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 19:54:35 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130925175435.GC30761@x2.net.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5242FF60.1030805@akamai.com>
On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 11:21:04AM -0400, Matthew Horsfall wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've discovered a possible security issue with mount and I was wondering
> where I should report it.
mount(2) syscall --> linux kernel list
mount(8) command line util --> this list
and really ugly security bugs are usually reported privately (rather
than on mailing lists), so maintainers have time to fix distributions
before the thing is public.
Karel
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Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
http://karelzak.blogspot.com
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2013-09-25 15:21 Possible security issue with mount() Matthew Horsfall
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