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Bug#712870: linux-image-3.9-1-amd64: enable CONFIG_USER_NS



On Thu, 2013-06-20 at 13:49 +0200, Alessandro Ghedini wrote:
> Package: src:linux
> Version: 3.9.6-1
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> Hi,
> 
> would it be possible to enable the CONFIG_USER_NS option? AFAICT as of v3.10 all
> the parts that needed converting have been converted. Is this correct? Are there
> any other related concerns?

This is not correct; XFS has not been converted.

And there are likely many more privilege escalation bugs related to
users creating their own user-namespaces that haven't yet been
discovered.  I am reluctant to enable it again at this stage without
limiting its use to root by default.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Lowery's Law:
             If it jams, force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.

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