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Date:      Sun, 28 May 2006 16:38:59 +0200
From:      Anatoli Klassen <anatoli@aksoft.net>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: security.bsd.see_other_uids for jails
Message-ID:  <4479B603.5030303@aksoft.net>
In-Reply-To: <20060528135012.GB14541@britannica.bec.de>
References:  <4479A99E.8080708@aksoft.net> <20060528135012.GB14541@britannica.bec.de>

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joerg@britannica.bec.de wrote:
> On Sun, May 28, 2006 at 03:46:06PM +0200, Anatoli Klassen wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> if security.bsd.see_other_uids is set to 0, users from the main system 
>> can still see processes from jails if they have (by accident) the save uid.
>>
>> For me it's wrong behavior because the main system and the jail are two 
>> different systems where uids are independent.
> 
> Sorry but you have far bigger security problems if you create such a
> setup. E.g. "users" from the outer system can ptrace the processes in
> the jail with the same uid.
> 

But ptrace uses the same function p_cansee for security check.

Does it mean than "outer" user is more privileged as "jailed" root? Is 
it intended?

Regards,
Anatoli




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