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Re: /proc filesystem allows bypassing directory permissions on Linux
- To: Tony Finch <dot@xxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: /proc filesystem allows bypassing directory permissions on Linux
- From: Matthew Dempsky <matthew@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:59:41 -0700
On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 4:29 AM, Tony Finch <dot@xxxxxxxx> 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.)