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SubjectRe: [PATCH 01/11] fs: add O_BENEATH_ONLY flag to openat(2)
On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 8:49 AM, David Drysdale <drysdale@google.com> wrote:
> 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?
>

Ugh, you're probably right. I wish openat had separate flags and
atflags arguments. Oh well.

--Andy

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Andy Lutomirski
AMA Capital Management, LLC


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