Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:25:39 +0200 Miklos Szeredi <miklos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Define a new fs flag FS_SAFE, which denotes, that unprivileged > > mounting of this filesystem may not constitute a security problem. > > > > Since most filesystems haven't been designed with unprivileged > > mounting in mind, a thorough audit is needed before setting this flag. > > Practically speaking, is there any realistic likelihood that any filesystem > apart from FUSE will ever use this? If it worked for mount --bind for any fs I could see uses of this. I haven't thought through the security implications though, so it might not work. -Andi - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
