Re: [PATCH 1/1] devices cgroup: allow mkfifo

From: Li Zefan
Date: Sat Dec 13 2008 - 02:10:47 EST


>> hm. I'd looked at your description and decided this was 2.6.29 material.
>>
>> But you think it's for 2.6.28 and even for 2.6.27. How come?
>>
>> (iow, your changelog sucked :)
>
> Sorry, I should have put the exchange between Li and I in there.
> (Ouch, and I didn't cc: Li this time! Sorry, Li.)
>
> Li thought it was 2.6.27/2.6.27 material. I thought not, but wanted
> to see what the -stable folks thought.
>

I was not sure about this.

> This is not a security hole, and since noone has complained before
> it doesn't appear to be too inconvenient. Until the fix goes
> up, container users can always create the fifos and socks on the
> root image while creating the container, before entering the
> device whitelist.
>

Now the explanation makes it clear for me, thx. :)


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