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Date:      Sat, 20 Jan 2007 14:03:08 +0100
From:      Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Improving FreeBSD-SA-07:01.jail fix [was: HEADS UP: Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-07:01.jail]
Message-ID:  <20070120130308.GD6697@garage.freebsd.pl>
In-Reply-To: <20070120122432.GA971@zaphod.nitro.dk>
References:  <200701111841.l0BIfWOn015231@freefall.freebsd.org> <45A6DB76.40800@freebsd.org> <20070113112937.GI90718@garage.freebsd.pl> <20070120122432.GA971@zaphod.nitro.dk>

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On Sat, Jan 20, 2007 at 01:24:33PM +0100, Simon L. Nielsen wrote:
[...]
> BTW. with regard to the console.log file I really don't think it
> should be put back inside the jail unless it's possible to make the
> generation of the file entirely inside the jail since it's just not
> worth the risk/complexity.  I think it should be possible to do this
> with jail(8) in -CURRENT (see -J flag), but:

When -J operates on a file inside a jail, it create the same security
hole as the one from security advisory, because it opens a file before
calling jail(2).
I fully agree that console.log should be outside a jail. At least noone
proposed safe solution so far, which also means it's not an easy fix.

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Pawel Jakub Dawidek                       http://www.wheel.pl
pjd@FreeBSD.org                           http://www.FreeBSD.org
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