On Sun, 16 Feb 2014 20:31:01 +0800 Fabian Frederick <fabf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Any user can display extented attribute names without read > access. > > eg: attr -l <filename> > > This patch checks inode_permission in listxattr common > function before executing vfs_listxattr. > > ... > > --- a/fs/xattr.c > +++ b/fs/xattr.c > @@ -543,6 +543,10 @@ listxattr(struct dentry *d, char __user *list, size_t size) > char *klist = NULL; > char *vlist = NULL; /* If non-NULL, we used vmalloc() */ > > + error = inode_permission(d->d_inode, MAY_READ); > + if (error) > + return error; > + > if (size) { > if (size > XATTR_LIST_MAX) > size = XATTR_LIST_MAX; erk. Doesn't this mean that if existing userspace is relying on the current behaviour, this patch will cause breakage? -- 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