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Re: /proc filesystem allows bypassing directory permissions on Linux

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From: Matthew Dempsky <matthew dempsky org>
To: Tony Finch <dot dotat at>
Cc: pavel ucw cz, bugtraq securityfocus com
Subject: Re: /proc filesystem allows bypassing directory permissions on Linux
Date: Tue - Oct 27, 2009 09:41 AM


On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 4:29 AM, Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> wrote:
> According to POSIX, if you open the directory with O_SEARCH then openat()
> does not re-check search (+x) permissions.

I stand corrected.  (Though my test system doesn't appear to have O_SEARCH.)




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