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diff --git a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-1.11.10.md b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-1.11.10.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..d1efe1d0b --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-1.11.10.md @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +# Release 1.11.10 (2017-06-12) + +This release fixes a security bug in Nix’s “build user” build isolation +mechanism. Previously, Nix builders had the ability to create setuid +binaries owned by a `nixbld` user. Such a binary could then be used by +an attacker to assume a `nixbld` identity and interfere with subsequent +builds running under the same UID. + +To prevent this issue, Nix now disallows builders to create setuid and +setgid binaries. On Linux, this is done using a seccomp BPF filter. Note +that this imposes a small performance penalty (e.g. 1% when building GNU +Hello). Using seccomp, we now also prevent the creation of extended +attributes and POSIX ACLs since these cannot be represented in the NAR +format and (in the case of POSIX ACLs) allow bypassing regular Nix store +permissions. On macOS, the restriction is implemented using the existing +sandbox mechanism, which now uses a minimal “allow all except the +creation of setuid/setgid binaries” profile when regular sandboxing is +disabled. On other platforms, the “build user” mechanism is now +disabled. + +Thanks go to Linus Heckemann for discovering and reporting this bug. |