Am 11.08.2014 21:36, schrieb Sven Joachim: > On 2014-08-11 20:56 +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: > >> tags 757830 + unreproducible moreinfo >> thanks >> >> Am 11.08.2014 19:09, schrieb Klaus Ethgen: >>> Package: udev >>> Version: 208-7 >>> Severity: critical >>> >>> The newest version of udev generates /dev/stdout as plain file instead >>> as symlink to /proc/self/fd/1 with every boot. (stderr and stdin are >>> created correctly.) >>> >>> This is a security leak for some stuff and a problem for many tools >>> especially security ones that explicitly handle stdout for some reasons. >>> >>> The content in that file directly after boot (you can find below) >>> pointed out that it happens especially for udev itself. >>> >>> This bug affects the whole system. >>> >> >> This bug is not reproducible here. Neither under systemd nor sysvinit. > > It only happens under sysvinit without using an initramfs. I suspect > the make_static_nodes() function is responsible for that, since it runs > before udevd is started and so most device files, including /dev/stdout, > do not exist yet.
Could you elaborate? Why does /dev/stdout not exist when make_static_nodes() is run? -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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