Re: /proc filesystem allows bypassing directory permissions on

[Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx>]

Hi!

> There are two conceivable approaches to implementing the open() for
> a filedescriptor shown in /proc.  Either go throuh the inode and
> check the access permissions on the file at the current time
> (which is a sensible implementation and what the kernel seems
> to be currently doing), or implement it as a dup() and transfer
> of the filedescriptor.  (Tranfering open filedescriptors between
> processes can also be done by IPC).  Implemetenting it via dup()
> would probably keep the original filedescriptor attributes
> (such as read-only) but would require an entirely seperate
> approach to access control (who is allowed to dup() that filedescriptor),
> and it would create problems:  like you would not be able to look
> into files that were opened only for write through /proc, which
> would seriously impair the usefulness of the fd-listing in /proc.

Doing it as dup() is indeed the way to go. /proc/*/fd/ already needs
same uid, so...

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