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    SubjectRe: [patch] honour MNT_NOEXEC for access()
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    On Sat, 2006-10-07 at 23:14 +0400, Stas Sergeev wrote:
    > Hello.
    >
    > Ulrich Drepper wrote:
    > >> Now, as the access(X_OK) is fixed, would it be
    > >> feasible for ld.so to start using it?
    > > Just must be kidding. No access control can be reliably implemented at
    > > userlevel. There is no point starting something as stupid as this.
    > But in this case how can you ever solve the
    > problem of ld.so executing the binaries for which
    > the user does not have an exec permission?
    > Yes, the userspace apps usually should not enforce
    > the kernel's access control,

    correct

    > but ld.so seems to be
    > the special case - it is a kernel helper after all,

    in what way is ld.so special in ANY way?

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