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| From | Moritz Mühlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel |
| Subject | Bug#898446: Please reconsider enabling the user namespaces by default |
| Date | 2018-05-13 23:10 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <vP6pI-7St-9@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <vOlh7-2Ek-5@gated-at.bofh.it> <vOMhj-47G-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <vOlh7-2Ek-5@gated-at.bofh.it> <vOMhj-47G-3@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
Ben Hutchings wrote:
> And this still mitigates a significant fraction of the security issues
> found in the kernel.
A quite significant fraction; on average this neutralises a root privilege
escalation every month or so. This is really not something that we should
re-enable any time soon.
Cheers,
Moritz
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Bug#898446: Please reconsider enabling the user namespaces by default Laurent Bigonville <bigon@debian.org> - 2018-05-11 20:50 +0200
Bug#898446: Please reconsider enabling the user namespaces by default Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2018-05-13 01:40 +0200
Bug#898446: Please reconsider enabling the user namespaces by default Frederik Himpe <frederik@frehi.be> - 2018-05-13 19:40 +0200
Bug#898446: Please reconsider enabling the user namespaces by default Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2018-05-14 04:50 +0200
Bug#898446: Please reconsider enabling the user namespaces by default Moritz Mühlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org> - 2018-05-13 23:10 +0200
Bug#898446: Please reconsider enabling the user namespaces by default Laurent Bigonville <bigon@debian.org> - 2018-05-14 07:30 +0200
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