Changing back to per-thread credentials on Linux (fixing native AIO).

Volker Lendecke Volker.Lendecke at SerNet.DE
Sun Jul 1 02:42:09 MDT 2012


Hi, Jeremy!

On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 09:51:12AM -0700, Jeremy Allison wrote:
> Comments please !

IMHO we need to block or redirect all use of the glibc
setX[ug]id calls with LD_PRELOAD or an equivalent mechanism.
There might be external libraries subverting our security
model by calling them.

With best regards,

Volker Lendecke

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