From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 10:28:58 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: chown race fix
X-Git-Tag: v5.3.0~150
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=86e1787721e7361c07b10e234b02eb8446b543d9;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git

chown race fix
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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 26b1e2514b..76147bc540 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
   chmod now accepts multiple mode-like options, e.g., "chmod -r -w f".
 
+  chown is no longer subject to a race condition vulnerability, when
+  used with --from=O:G and without the (-h) --no-dereference option.
+
   cut's --output-delimiter=D option works with abutting byte ranges.
 
   du no longer segfaults when a subdirectory of an operand