linux-kernel - Re: R: Linux kernel source archive vulnerable

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Message-ID: <450A5607.604@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Date:	Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:28:07 +0200
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	David Wagner <daw-usenet@...erner.cs.berkeley.edu>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: R: Linux kernel source archive vulnerable

David Wagner wrote:
> Keep in mind that there are good reasons to extract the Linux tarball
> as root.  There is a long-standing tradition of storing the kernel
> source under /usr/src, and usually /usr/src is writeable only by root.

This no "good reason" to extract the tarball as root.

(Anyway, the discussion about running tar as root is besides the point.)
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Stefan Richter
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