From: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@xxxxxxxxxx> We need an fh_verify to make sure we at least have a dentry, but actual permission checks happen later. Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c | 7 +------ fs/nfsd/vfs.c | 6 +----- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c index 9d7e1edf0cca..1fb222752b2b 100644 --- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c +++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c @@ -605,12 +605,7 @@ nfsd4_create(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfsd4_compound_state *cstate, fh_init(&resfh, NFS4_FHSIZE); - /* - * We just check that parent is accessible here, nfsd_* do their - * own access permission checks - */ - status = fh_verify(rqstp, &cstate->current_fh, S_IFDIR, - NFSD_MAY_EXEC); + status = fh_verify(rqstp, &cstate->current_fh, S_IFDIR, NFSD_MAY_NOP); if (status) return status; diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c index cd06c6511cfc..c844fd601381 100644 --- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c +++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c @@ -1236,11 +1236,7 @@ nfsd_create(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, if (isdotent(fname, flen)) return nfserr_exist; - /* - * Even though it is a create, first let's see if we are even allowed - * to peek inside the parent - */ - err = fh_verify(rqstp, fhp, S_IFDIR, NFSD_MAY_EXEC); + err = fh_verify(rqstp, fhp, S_IFDIR, NFSD_MAY_NOP); if (err) return err; -- 2.7.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html