From: pmenage@ensim.com
To: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, viro@math.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH] missing checks in exec_permission_light()
Date: Fri, 03 May 2002 01:36:11 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E173YXz-0004wl-00@pmenage-dt.ensim.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0C01A29FBAE24448A792F5C68F5EA47D27C6C7@nasdaq.ms.ensim.com>
In article <0C01A29FBAE24448A792F5C68F5EA47D27C6C7@nasdaq.ms.ensim.com>,
you write:
>Hi!
>
>> + if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) && capable(CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH))
>> + return 0;
>
>Is this right? This means that root can do cat /, no? That does not
>seem like expected behaviour.
> Pavel
exec_permission_lite() is only used for MAY_EXEC checks.
Paul
next parent reply other threads:[~2002-05-03 8:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <0C01A29FBAE24448A792F5C68F5EA47D27C6C7@nasdaq.ms.ensim.com>
2002-05-03 8:36 ` pmenage [this message]
2002-05-01 3:41 Alexander Viro
2002-05-01 8:03 ` Daniel Pittman
2002-05-03 8:03 ` Pavel Machek
2002-05-03 8:36 ` Alexander Viro
2002-05-03 8:40 ` Pavel Machek
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