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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2012-07-07 10:17:00 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2012-07-07 17:19:02 -0700 |
| commit | 332a2e1244bd08b9e3ecd378028513396a004a24 (patch) | |
| tree | 7524ffece22d3a7db3555d1df2e1d1d9370da9dd /Documentation/prctl/no_new_privs.txt | |
| parent | cd6407fe220c5cf26c117457f5bcdfd6a81fbef8 (diff) | |
vfs: make O_PATH file descriptors usable for 'fchdir()'
We already use them for openat() and friends, but fchdir() also wants to
be able to use O_PATH file descriptors. This should make it comparable
to the O_SEARCH of Solaris. In particular, O_PATH allows you to access
(not-quite-open) a directory you don't have read persmission to, only
execute permission.
Noticed during development of multithread support for ksh93.
Reported-by: ольга крыжановская <olga.kryzhanovska@gmail.com>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: stable@kernel.org # O_PATH introduced in 3.0+
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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