[Devel] Re: [patch 0/8] unprivileged mount syscall

[Ian Kent]

On Fri, 2007-04-06 at 16:16 -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> >>
> >> - users can use bind mounts without having to pre-configure them in
> >>   /etc/fstab
> >>
> 
> This is by far the biggest concern I see.  I think the security 
> implication of allowing anyone to do bind mounts are poorly understood.

And especially so since there is no way for a filesystem module to veto
such requests.

Ian


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