Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > sfd = fsopen("ext4", FSOPEN_CLOEXEC);
> > write(sfd, "s /dev/sdb1"); // note I'm ignoring write's length arg
>
> Imagine some malicious program passes sfd as stdout to a setuid
> program. That program gets persuaded to write "s /etc/shadow". What
> happens? You’re okay as long as *every single fs* gets it right, but that’s
> asking a lot.
Do note that you must already have CAP_SYS_ADMIN to be able to call fsopen().
David
