FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-19:10.ufs

mike tancsa mike at sentex.net
Wed Jul 3 15:00:21 UTC 2019


On 7/2/2019 8:49 PM, FreeBSD Security Advisories wrote:
> Special note: This update also adds the -z flag to fsck_ffs to have it scrub
> the leaked information in the name padding of existing directories.  It only
> needs to be run once on each UFS/FFS filesystem after a patched kernel is
> installed and running.
>
> # freebsd-update install
>
> Afterwards, reboot the system and run:
>
> # fsck -t ufs -f -p -T ufs:-z
>
> to clean up your existing filesystems.
>
Doesnt this need to be run in single user mode with the file system not
mounted RW ?

    ---Mike




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