From: L A Walsh <lkml@tlinx.org>
To: Tilman Schmidt <tilman@imap.cc>
Cc: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>, util-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Bug: mount doing bad security check: only root can use -types, (effective EUID is 5013)
Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2017 09:10:54 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5936D40E.3040000@tlinx.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1496762476.3406840.1000540040.654CDA1A@webmail.messagingengine.com>
Tilman Schmidt wrote:
> What does "ls -l /bin/mount" say?
> Is its owner the user with UID 5013, by any chance?
>
Bingo.
Maybe the install should check to see
if it is root before setting a SUID bit on the executable?
Thank & good call!
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-06-06 16:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-06-05 23:07 Bug: mount doing bad security check: only root can use -types, (effective EUID is 5013) L A Walsh
2017-06-06 9:36 ` Karel Zak
2017-06-06 14:15 ` L A Walsh
2017-06-06 15:10 ` Karel Zak
2017-06-06 15:11 ` L A Walsh
2017-06-06 15:21 ` Tilman Schmidt
2017-06-06 16:03 ` Karel Zak
2017-06-06 16:10 ` L A Walsh [this message]
2017-06-06 17:12 ` Patch: ensure mount & umount are root-owned before setting SUID bit L A Walsh
2017-06-20 11:14 ` Karel Zak
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