[Secure-testing-team] Re: [Secure-testing-commits] r5099 - data/CVE

Florian Weimer fw at deneb.enyo.de
Sun Dec 10 17:32:52 CET 2006


* Moritz Muehlenhoff:

>  CVE-2006-6128 (The ReiserFS functionality in Linux kernel 2.6.18, and possibly other ...)
> -	- linux-2.6 <unfixed> (low)
> +	- linux-2.6 <unfixed> (unimportant)
> +	NOTE: Mounting filesystem partitions should be limited to root

But it's not in a default install, at least for VFAT USB sticks.
Perhaps these bugs are relevant after all.

We could declare that console users are trusted by definition, but
this is a bit excessive.



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