Re: [PATCH] fs: fix xattr permission checking error

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To: Nicolas Belouin <nicolas@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: fix xattr permission checking error
From: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2017 01:39:42 -0400
Cc: Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@xxxxxxxxxx>, linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, jfs-discussion@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <20171021133947.19935-1-nicolas@belouin.fr>
Mail-followup-to: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>, Nicolas Belouin <nicolas@xxxxxxxxxx>, Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@xxxxxxxxxx>, linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, jfs-discussion@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 03:39:47PM +0200, Nicolas Belouin wrote:
> Fix an issue making trusted xattr world readable and other
> cap_sys_admin only
>

NACK.  It is *documented* that trusted xattrs are only supposed to be
readable by root.

					- Ted

References:
- [PATCH] fs: fix xattr permission checking error
  - From: Nicolas Belouin

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