From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:28725 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750712Ab3IYRyi (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Sep 2013 13:54:38 -0400 Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 19:54:35 +0200 From: Karel Zak To: Matthew Horsfall Cc: util-linux@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Possible security issue with mount() Message-ID: <20130925175435.GC30761@x2.net.home> References: <5242FF60.1030805@akamai.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <5242FF60.1030805@akamai.com> Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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 -- Karel Zak http://karelzak.blogspot.com