From 5cd118bab0c6f2f87236959b2a68098c5ba95c2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin Pitt Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2016 13:22:47 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] NEWS: start section for 231, with tmpfs.mount option changes (#3576) This documents the "add nosuid and nodev options to tmp.mount" change from commit 2f9df7c96a2. --- NEWS | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 788fb33853..7ecb10e216 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,19 @@ systemd System and Service Manager +CHANGES WITH 231: + + * When using systemd's default tmp.mount for /tmp, this will now be + mounted with the "nosuid" and "nodev" options. This avoids + privilege escalation attacks that put traps and exploits into /tmp. + However, this might cause some problems if you e. g. put container + images or overlays into /tmp; if you need this, override tmp.mount's + "Options=" with a drop-in, or mount /tmp from /etc/fstab with your + desired options. + + Contributions from: ... + + — Somewhere, 2016-XX-XX + CHANGES WITH 230: * DNSSEC is now turned on by default in systemd-resolved (in