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Re: /proc filesystem allows bypassing directory permissions on Linux

From: Ivan Jager <aij+ mrph org>
To: Dan Yefimov <dan lightwave net ru>
Cc: bugtraq securityfocus com
Subject: Re: /proc filesystem allows bypassing directory permissions on Linux
Date: Tue - Oct 27, 2009 01:30 PM


On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 10:36:11PM +0400, Dan Yefimov scribbled thusly:
> Thus Debian kernel team should be blamed for that misbehaviour. Don't 
> worry, hardlinks behave just the same way, as you describe. Use authentic 
> Linux kernels, if you dislike that.

Shall we blame Red Hat too? Just tested on 2.6.18-164.2.1.el5,
although with a single user since I don't actually run RHEL on
any of my own computers.

Ivan




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