Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: Security question: "Text file busy" overwriting executables but | Date | Fri, 05 Oct 2001 13:35:04 -0400 | From | Horst von Brand <> |
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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com> said: > On 5 Oct 2001, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
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> > Currently checking to see if the file is executable looks good > > enough. > > [ executable by the user in question, not just anybody ] > > Yes, I suspect it is.
Who is "user in question"? It is quite legal (if strange) to have a file user A can modify, but not execute, while B can execute it. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand Usuario #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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