Mainline Linux Kernel Almost Ready For Finally Supporting Unprivileged FUSE Mounts

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Mainline Linux Kernel Almost Ready For Finally Supporting Unprivileged FUSE Mounts

16 April 2018, 08:50 AM

Phoronix: Mainline Linux Kernel Almost Ready For Finally Supporting Unprivileged FUSE Mounts

While the Linux 4.17 merge window officially closed yesterday with the release of Linux 4.17-rc1, FUSE maintainer Miklos Szeredi is now trying to get his changes added...

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16 April 2018, 09:30 PM

Hopefully that "really simple step" follows soon, then.
I'm wondering what the security implications of unprivileged fuse mounts are. Neverless, it would make many things much easier.
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