[PATCH v9 01/10] namei: obey trailing magic-link DAC permissions
Al Viro
viro at zeniv.linux.org.uk
Fri Jul 12 16:36:18 AEST 2019
On Fri, Jul 12, 2019 at 05:14:54AM +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> That's not quite guaranteed (it is possible to bind a symlink on top
> of a regular file, and you will get LOOKUP_JUMPED on the entry into
> trailing_symlink() when looking the result up). Moreover, why bother
> with LOOKUP_JUMPED here? See that
> nd->last_type = LAST_BIND;
> several lines prior? That's precisely to be able to recognize those
> suckers.
... except that this won't work these days (once upon a time it used
to, but that had been a long time ago). However, that doesn't change
the fact that the test is really wrong. So let's do it right:
* set a new flag along with LOOKUP_JUMPED in nd_jump_link()
* clear it in get_link() right before
res = READ_ONCE(inode->i_link);
* check it in trailing_symlink() (or callers thereof)
The rest of comments stand, AFAICS.
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