From be9755e592c2b42cafd03248e5c2d178790c9e81 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Archaic Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 01:50:50 +0000 Subject: 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 --- chapter06/util-linux.xml | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) (limited to 'chapter06') diff --git a/chapter06/util-linux.xml b/chapter06/util-linux.xml index 37b8be852..b74eaadff 100644 --- a/chapter06/util-linux.xml +++ b/chapter06/util-linux.xml @@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ following patch to fix the problem: patch -Np1 -i ../&util-linux-reiser_crash-patch; +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: + +patch -Np1 -i ../&util-linux-umount-patch; + Prepare Util-linux for compilation: ./configure -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf