Hi Andrew

On Mon, Oct 03, 2005 at 12:18:47AM +0800, Andrew Lee wrote:
> 
> ?b 2005/10/2 ?W?? 5:52 ???AOla Lundqvist ?g???G
> 
> >I have now tested on one of my systems and that I have a security  
> >problem there.
> >On the other system (2.4.26 + grsec) the problem do not exist. So  
> >I'm not
> >sure if I can confim or deny this.
> 
> How did you tested and found what kind of security problem?
> I assume you found you couldn't pass the test 109,121 of testfs.sh  
> script, right?

Actually I run the rootesc program and saw that it was possible to
escape.

> Let me quote the explanation from upstream:
> <quote>
> 23:51 < Bertl> 109 and 121 indicate that the barrier is not working ...
> 23:52 < Bertl> -> minor issue with namespaces, major chroot security  
> issue with
>                legacy guests
> </quote>
> 
> 
> >It would be really good if you could install the sarge util-vserver  
> >on the
> >sid kernel-patch-vserver + linux-source-2.6.12 system to see if  
> >this is a
> >problem with util-vserver or with the kernel patches.
> 
> 
> I tested that several days ago, I was upgraded kernel on my system  
> first and then I got the same fails from the test of testfs.sh script  
> again.
> I have upgraded to 0.30.208-2, I still got the same fails on i386,  
> but no errors on powerpc after I rebuilt the util-vserver package  
> from source.

Ahh now I see. Missed that you used different architectures in your
testing.

> Here is how I did the test and what I got on an i386 machine:
> # testfs.sh -l -t -D /dev/loop4 -M /mnt
> Linux-VServer FS Test [V0.09] Copyright (C) 2005 H.Poetzl
> Linux 2.6.12-6vs2-p4smp i686/0.30.208
> VCI:  0002:0001 273 03000076 (ugid24)
> ---
> testing ext2 filesystem ...
> [000]. xattr related tests ...
> [101]. [102]. [103]* [104]* [106]. [108]. [109]*
> [112]. [113]* [114]* [115]. [116]. [117]. [118]. [119]*
> [121]* [122]* [123]* [124]* [199].
> ---
> testing ext3 filesystem ...
> [000]. xattr related tests ...
> [101]. [102]. [103]* [104]* [106]. [108]. [109]*
> [112]. [113]* [114]* [115]. [116]. [117]. [118]. [119]*
> [121]* [122]* [123]* [124]* [199].
> ---
> testing xfs filesystem ...
> [000]* (xfs format failed)
> ---
> testing reiser filesystem ...
> [000]* (reiser format failed)
> ---
> testing jfs filesystem ...
> [000]* (jfs format failed)

Ok, thanks.

I wonder why it do not fail after your rebuild. Maybe it pass
only if I compile on a vserver patched system...

Regards,

// Ola

> -Andrew
> 

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