Re: [patch 0/8] unprivileged mount syscall

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Fri Apr 06 2007 - 19:17:19 EST



- 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 security implication of allowing anyone to do bind mounts are poorly understood.

-hpa
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