Re: [PATCH 4/4] Allow unprivileged chroot when safe

From: Oleg Nesterov
Date: Tue Jan 17 2012 - 11:31:12 EST


On 01/15, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
>
> Chroot can easily be used to subvert setuid programs. If no_new_privs,
> then setuid programs don't gain any privilege, so allow chroot.
>
> ...
>
> + if (!(current->no_new_privs && !is_chrooted) &&
> + !capable(CAP_SYS_CHROOT))

I must have missed something. How no_new_privs can help if fs->users != 1 ?

Oleg.

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