On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The current text reflects the general worry in the kernel about > recipients of O_PATH fds being able to hardlink the referenced files. > It turns out that it was possible to link these files regardless of > any possible security concerns. > > Linux 3.11 removes the capability chech in AT_EMPTY_PATH. I expect > that this functionality will be generally useful, so let's document it > better. > > Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> For reference, the relevant change is: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=bb2314b47996491bbc5add73633905c3120b6268 Also, I can't spell "check". Oh, well. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
