Thanks. It was not evident from the example whether root inside of the sandbox is necessary - I assumed creating arbitrary symlinks doesn't require any particular capabilities, and there's nothing special about the locations.
Though it's not clear to me now:
- why was this patched then?
- is the point about root that non-root wouldn't have access to passwd anyway?
But the issue of root and accessing outside of the sandbox is orthogonal, no? Even if you're logged in as XYZ, accessing XYZ's contents outside of the sandbox is still a breach and a problem. Or does this issue require actual root to manifest?
Your arrogance is continued proof you could never comprehend the work that goes into building, releasing, and maintaining an entire OS, and your contributions will forever be limited to snarky negativity on message boards.
Here's what I can figure out: you need root to set up the environment just so. It's a don't-care. The end.