Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 27 Jul 2023 12:31:04 -0400 | From | "" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v4 2/5] fs: Add fchmodat2() |
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On Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 09:01:06AM +0000, David Laight wrote: > From: Aleksa Sarai > > Sent: 25 July 2023 17:36 > .... > > We almost certainly want to support AT_EMPTY_PATH at the same time. > > Otherwise userspace will still need to go through /proc when trying to > > chmod a file handle they have. > > That can't be allowed. > > Just because a process has a file open and write access to > the directory that contains it doesn't mean they are allowed > to change the file permissions. > > They also need directory search access from a directory > they have open through to the containing directory.
Am I missing something? How is this different from fchmod?
Rich
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