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authorArchaic <archaic@linuxfromscratch.org>2005-09-16 01:50:50 +0000
committerArchaic <archaic@linuxfromscratch.org>2005-09-16 01:50:50 +0000
commitbe9755e592c2b42cafd03248e5c2d178790c9e81 (patch)
tree34cff5196bb0fcdb593631187c620a6458541e35 /chapter06/util-linux.xml
parent447c9fa7b2ee7d6833ac7abd773f78ff9154d03c (diff)
Added a patch for util-linux to prevent a umount vulnerability.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@6856 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ following patch to fix the problem:</para>
<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&util-linux-reiser_crash-patch;</userinput></screen>
+<para>Util-linux has a security vulnerability that could allow a user to remount
+a volume without the nosuid option. The following patch fixes this issue:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&util-linux-umount-patch;</userinput></screen>
+
<para>Prepare Util-linux for compilation:</para>
<screen><userinput>./configure</userinput></screen>