Quoting Joel Becker (Joel.Becker@xxxxxxxxxx): > On Tue, Mar 02, 2010 at 07:02:22PM +1100, James Morris wrote: > > Ensure that trusted xattrs are not returned to unprivileged users > > via listxattr, in keeping with several other implmentations, such > > as ext3. > > > > Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxx> > > If this is the standard expectation, why not lift it up into the vfs? I wonder why xattr_permission() isn't called from vfs_listxattr() in fs/xattr.c? It sure looks like it was done on purpose... > Acked-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@xxxxxxxxxx> > > -- > > "The nearest approach to immortality on Earth is a government > bureau." > - James F. Byrnes > > Joel Becker > Principal Software Developer > Oracle > E-mail: joel.becker@xxxxxxxxxx > Phone: (650) 506-8127 > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
