There may also exist a security issue, where user alice creates specially crafted keymaps in /tmp/$HASH.xkm and then user bob launched X and the X system tries to re-use alice's evil keymap.
I'm unsure if the X server keymap loader is exploitable, but it is likely that keymaps should not be shared between users in this way (if nothing else, alice can upload a wacky keymap and bob may not know how to turn it off.) -A -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/972324 Title: server fails to start up if TMPDIR is set to something on a different filesystem from /var/lib/xkb To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/972324/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
