<chris@scary.beasts.org> writes:
> On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, Olaf Dietsche wrote:
>
>> If you're careful with giving away capabilities however, this patch
>> can make your system more secure as it is. But this isn't fully
>> explored, so you might achieve the opposite and open new security
>> holes.
>
> Have you checked how glibc handles an executable with filesystem
> capabilities? e.g. can an LD_PRELOAD hack subvert the privileged
> executable?
No, I didn't check. Thanks for this hint, I will look into this.
Regards, Olaf.
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