Re: [Full-disclosure] Linux kernel source archive vulnerable

[Raj Mathur <raju@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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>>>>> "Hadmut" == Hadmut Danisch <hadmut@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

    Hadmut> [snip]

    Hadmut> When unpacking such an archive, tar also sets the uid,
    Hadmut> gid, and file permissions given in the tar
    Hadmut> archive. Unfortunately, plenty of files and directories in
    Hadmut> that archive are world writable. E.g. in the 2.6.17.11
    Hadmut> archive, there are 1201 world writable directories and
    Hadmut> 19554 world writable files.

I wouldn't know if something has changed drastically between 2.6.16
and 2.6.17.11, but:

raju@mail:~$ find /usr/src/linux-2.6.16/ -perm -666 ! -type l
raju@mail:~$

Not a single world-writable file or directory.  Perhaps pre-release
kernel tarballs are more lax?

Regards,

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