Bug#295146: kernel: can delete root directories

2005-02-14 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Al Viro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 07:15:37AM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: >> > a) do you actually have something mounted on that directory at the time? >> > b) strace of rmdir, please >> >> c) rights to delete are governed by the directory the thing to delete >>

Bug#295146: kernel: can delete root directories

2005-02-13 Thread Al Viro
On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 07:15:37AM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > > a) do you actually have something mounted on that directory at the time? > > b) strace of rmdir, please > > c) rights to delete are governed by the directory the thing to delete > is in and not by the thing itself. The right

Bug#295146: kernel: can delete root directories

2005-02-13 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Al Viro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 06:31:09PM -0500, Rehm wrote: >> Package: kernel >> Severity: critical >> Justification: root security hole >> >> Extremely insecure. Apparently after having been able to do mounting >> on a diskimage disk1.img (sued to root under ligh

Bug#295146: kernel: can delete root directories

2005-02-13 Thread Al Viro
On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 06:31:09PM -0500, Rehm wrote: > Package: kernel > Severity: critical > Justification: root security hole > > Extremely insecure. Apparently after having been able to do mounting > on a diskimage disk1.img (sued to root under lightweight wm in X- xterm box) > on a directory

Bug#295146: kernel: can delete root directories

2005-02-13 Thread Rehm
Package: kernel Severity: critical Justification: root security hole Extremely insecure. Apparently after having been able to do mounting on a diskimage disk1.img (sued to root under lightweight wm in X- xterm box) on a directory called ./1, drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2005-02-13 18:22 1 $