Re: [patch 0/8] unprivileged mount syscall

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To: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [patch 0/8] unprivileged mount syscall
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:16:36 -0700
Cc: Miklos Szeredi <[email protected]>, [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
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- users can use bind mounts without having to pre-configure them in
  /etc/fstab

This is by far the biggest concern I see. I think the securityimplication of allowing anyone to do bind mounts are poorly understood.


	-hpa
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