On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 10:37 PM Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > If you change the semantics of path strings, you'd have to be > confident that the new semantics fit nicely with all the path > validation routines that exist scattered across userspace, and don't > expose new interfaces through file server software and setuid binaries > and so on. So that's where O_ALT comes in. If the application is consenting, then that should prevent exploits. Or? Thanks, Miklos
