full-disclosure - Syscall implementation could lead to whether or not a file exists

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Message-ID: <1049712420.14054.4.camel@laptop.fenrus.com>
From: arjanv at redhat.com (Arjan van de Ven)
Subject: Syscall implementation could lead to whether
	or not a file exists

On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 21:19, Andrew Griffiths wrote:
> Product: Linux and various other kernels
> Tested:
> 	- RedHat kernel 2.4.18-26.7.x (second latest ;))
> 	- RedHat kernel 2.4.18-27.7.x
> 	- Debian 3.0 box
> 	- FreeBSD 4.4
> 
> Description:
> 
> 	Due to the implementation of various system calls,  it becomes
> 	possible to test whether or not a file exists in a directory
> 	that is unreadable.

.. by calling lstat(2).  Ability to do lookup is controlled by _exec_
permissions, not read ones.
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