Messages in this thread | | | From | David Laight <> | Subject | RE: [PATCH 1/2] fs/exec: Explicitly unshare fs_struct on exec | Date | Fri, 14 Oct 2022 22:03:18 +0000 |
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From: Andy Lutomirski > Sent: 14 October 2022 04:18 ... > But seriously, this makes no sense at all. It should not be possible to exec a program and then, > without ptrace, change its cwd out from under it. Do we really need to preserve this behavior?
it maybe ok if the exec'ed program also 'bought-in' to the fact that its cwd and open files might get changed. But imagine someone doing it to a login shell!
David
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