Comment 5 for bug 357345

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Tim Gardner (timg-tpi) wrote :

SRU Justification

Impact: Soft linked file names can produce alarming warnings in dmesg
(and are not actually encrypted, thereby leaking information)

Patch: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/ubuntu-jaunty.git;a=commit;h=a63b7d7beeaa1f8f33369cab6419831fa8991e40

Patch Description: When using filename encryption with eCryptfs, the value of the symlink in the lower filesystem is encrypted and stored as a Tag 70 packet. This results in a longer symlink target than if the target value wasn't encrypted.

Test Case: dmesg flood stops