Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: odd chown difference between 2.0 and 2.1pre kernels | Date | Sun, 10 Jan 1999 20:25:58 -0500 | From | "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <> |
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In message <19990109215152.C32046@kitenet.net>, Joey Hess writes: +----- | On a 2.1pre4 machine: | root@kite:~>ls -l foo | -rwsrw-r-- 1 root joey 0 Jan 9 17:13 foo* | root@kite:~> chown root.root foo; ls -l foo | -rwsrw-r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 9 17:13 foo* +--->8
GAK!!! Security flaw here, methinks. chown should unconditionally clear setuid and setgid.
-- brandon s. allbery [os/2][linux][solaris][japh] allbery@kf8nh.apk.net system administrator [WAY too many hats] allbery@ece.cmu.edu carnegie mellon / electrical and computer engineering KF8NH We are Linux. Resistance is an indication that you missed the point.
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