linux-kernel - Re: Chroot bug

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Date:	Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:34:53 +0200
From:	Miloslav Semler <majkls@...pere.com>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Chroot bug

Alan Cox napsal(a):
>> but many program use this as security feature. So do you think that bind 
>> may use vserver?
>>     
>
> It would be a lot stronger if it did. A bind running non-root will be
> probably safe. A bind running as root can be attacked and break out of a
> chroot trivially. I guess it depends how you run bind.
>   
but not bind with selinux. It can chroot, but not  does other things. So 
there is an question: Why we do not fix it. Tell me please some other 
reason than "you can workaround chroot other ways".

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