Hadmut> When unpacking such an archive, tar also sets the uid,
Hadmut> gid, and file permissions given in the tar
Hadmut> archive. Unfortunately, plenty of files and directories in
Hadmut> that archive are world writable. E.g. in the 2.6.17.11
Hadmut> archive, there are 1201 world writable directories and
Hadmut> 19554 world writable files.
I wouldn't know if something has changed drastically between 2.6.16
and 2.6.17.11, but:
raju@mail:~$ find /usr/src/linux-2.6.16/ -perm -666 ! -type l
raju@mail:~$
Not a single world-writable file or directory. Perhaps pre-release
kernel tarballs are more lax?
Regards,
- -- Raju
- --
Raj Mathur raju (at) kandalaya (dot) org [email concealed] http://kandalaya.org/
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>>>>> "Hadmut" == Hadmut Danisch <hadmut (at) danisch (dot) de [email concealed]> writes:
Hadmut> [snip]
Hadmut> When unpacking such an archive, tar also sets the uid,
Hadmut> gid, and file permissions given in the tar
Hadmut> archive. Unfortunately, plenty of files and directories in
Hadmut> that archive are world writable. E.g. in the 2.6.17.11
Hadmut> archive, there are 1201 world writable directories and
Hadmut> 19554 world writable files.
I wouldn't know if something has changed drastically between 2.6.16
and 2.6.17.11, but:
raju@mail:~$ find /usr/src/linux-2.6.16/ -perm -666 ! -type l
raju@mail:~$
Not a single world-writable file or directory. Perhaps pre-release
kernel tarballs are more lax?
Regards,
- -- Raju
- --
Raj Mathur raju (at) kandalaya (dot) org [email concealed] http://kandalaya.org/
GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F
It is the mind that moves
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