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SubjectRe: [PATCH 01/11] fs: add O_BENEATH_ONLY flag to openat(2)
On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 07:49:41AM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> On Jun 30, 2014 3:36 AM, "David Drysdale" <drysdale@google.com> wrote:
> >
> > Add a new O_BENEATH_ONLY flag for openat(2) which restricts the
> > provided path, rejecting (with -EACCES) paths that are not beneath
> > the provided dfd. In particular, reject:
> > - paths that contain .. components
> > - paths that begin with /
> > - symlinks that have paths as above.
>
> I like this a lot. However, I think I'd like it even better if it
> were AT_BENEATH_ONLY so that it could be added to the rest of the *at
> family.
>
> --Andy

Wouldn't it need to be both O_BENEATH_ONLY (for openat()) and
AT_BENEATH_ONLY (for other *at() functions), like O_NOFOLLOW and
AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW? (I.e. aren't the AT_* flags in a different
numbering space than O_* flags?)

Or am I misunderstanding?



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