Re: [RFC] ext2 and ext3 block reservations can be bypassed

Jesse Pollard (pollard@tomcat.admin.navo.hpc.mil)
Tue, 14 May 2002 13:00:23 -0500 (CDT)


Mark Mielke <mark@mark.mielke.cc>:
>
> Notice how the space can only be filled up if a setuid program is used
> to actually fill it up. Even if it is a partial 'security feature', every
> administrator knows that setuid violates security in a non-natural way.

Actually, any existing daemon (read "syslog") can use this space. This is
partly why it is a "security feature" so that the logs can still get to disk
even if the filesystem is "full".

> 1) Provide a patch and see if it is accepted.

Patch not necessary - it is a tuneable feature. All that is missing is
an understanding of what the reservation is/can be used for.

> 2) Convince somebody else that they should put time into features of
> questionable value such as this one.

Already done - see "man tune2fs".

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