The fix for CVE-2017-5618, screen package, introduces a bug where screen tries to write logs to CWD instead of the location specified in the configuration file.
$ wrlinux-8/wrlinux/configure --enable-rootfs=glibc_small --enable-board=intel-x86-64 --with-package=screen --enable-reconfig --enable-parallel-pkgbuilds=16 --enable-jobs=16 --with-init=sysvinit --with-rcpl-version=0023 $ make flash target with resulting rfs & kernel On target: $ adduser test $ su test $ mkdir ~/screen $ echo -e "logfile /home/test/screen/log\nlogfile flush 1\nreflog on" >/home/test/screen/screenrc $ cd / #dir where test user has no write permission $ screen -c /test/screen/screenrc -L Expected behaviour: New screen session Observed behaviour: -L: logfile name access problem