kern.chroot_allow_open_directories

[Stef Walter]

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The chroot(2) man page describes a sysctl called
'kern.chroot_allow_open_directories' which controls whether a process
can chroot() and is already subject to the chroot() syscall.

It seems that this sysctl can be trivially changed from within a
chroot'd process (ie: if that process has superuser privileges).

Is this sysctl meant to prevent breaking out of a chroot? Or am I
missing the point of 'kern.chroot_allow_open_directories'?

Cheers,
Stef
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