linux-kernel - Re: Linux kernel source archive vulnerable

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Date:	Tue, 12 Sep 2006 07:27:29 +0200
From:	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
To:	Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@....com>
Cc:	Jon Lewis <jlewis@...is.org>,
	Perego Paolo Franco <p.perego@...ly.it>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Hadmut Danisch <hadmut@...isch.de>,
	torvalds@...l.org
Subject: Re: Linux kernel source archive vulnerable

On Tue, Sep 12, 2006 at 01:06:37AM -0400, Kyle Moffett wrote:
> On Sep 11, 2006, at 14:29:58, Jon Lewis wrote:
> >On Fri, 8 Sep 2006, Perego Paolo Franco wrote:
> >
> >>Anyway just few considerations:
> >>2) a good sysadmin is aware that /usr/src is NOT supposed to be  
> >>world writable
> >
> >For some reason (bug in how they're being checked out of git, I  
> >assume), the latest kernel source tar files have all files and  
> >directories world writable.  This is not how it's been in the past  
> >and is not how it should be.
> 
> -ENOBUG
> 
> Please see these threads and quit bringing up this topic like crazy:
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=113304241100330&w=2
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=114635639325551&w=2

BTW, since git 1.4.2, it's possible to specify "umask=022" in the [tar]
section of the repo config to bring back the old behaviour. Maybe it
would be a good idea to use it on Linus' side to make everyone happy ?

Regards,
Willy

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