Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 13 Apr 2004 17:03:09 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2.6.5-mm4] sys_access race fix |
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Fabian Frederick <Fabian.Frederick@skynet.be> wrote: > > > I'm trying to remove the race in sys_access code. > AFAICS, fsuid is checked in "permission" level so I pushed real fsuid > capture forward.
Do races in access() actually matter? I mean, some other process could change things a nanosecond after access() has completed and the value which the access() caller received is wrong anyway.
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