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diff --git a/util/libreboot-utils/README.md b/util/libreboot-utils/README.md index 9a40d5ce..6e94035b 100644 --- a/util/libreboot-utils/README.md +++ b/util/libreboot-utils/README.md @@ -24,9 +24,16 @@ the kernel/system), voluntarily error out (halt all operation) if accessing files you don't own - that's why sticky bits are checked for example, even when you're root. +It... blocks symlinks, relative paths, attempts to prevent +directory escape (outside of the directory that the file +you're creating is in), basically implementing an analog +of something like e.g. unveil, but in userspace! + Mkhtemp is designed to be the most secure implementation possible, of mktemp, offering a heavy amount of hardening -over traditional mktemp. +over traditional mktemp. Written in C89, and the plan is +very much to keep this code portable over time - patches +very much welcome. i.e. please read the source code |