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Date:      Tue, 26 Apr 2016 14:17:31 -0700
From:      Conrad Meyer <cem@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com>
Cc:        Shawn Webb <shawn.webb@hardenedbsd.org>, Kristof Provost <kp@freebsd.org>,  "src-committers@freebsd.org" <src-committers@freebsd.org>,  "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>,  "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" <svn-src-head@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r298664 - head/sys/fs/msdosfs
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On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 2:13 PM, Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com> wrote:
> You mean "hotplug mount a malicious USB disk via some installed
> graphical enviornment?"
>
> NOone does that... :)

Sure, but there the vulnerability is (IMO) that users are allowed to
arbitrarily mount stuff.  That's a huge attack surface and this fix
only scratches the surface.

We do need to make filesystems more resilient to malice.  AFL?

Best,
Conrad


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