linux-kernel - Re: [patch] honour MNT

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Message-ID: <4527A93D.1050203@aknet.ru>
Date:	Sat, 07 Oct 2006 17:18:53 +0400
From:	Stas Sergeev <stsp@...et.ru>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	Jakub Jelinek <jakub@...hat.com>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Linux kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>,
	Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com>,
	Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [patch] honour MNT_NOEXEC for access()

Hello.

Alan Cox wrote:
> I doubt anyone uses access() any more for anything but this doesn't seem
Even though the access(X_OK) is mostly not needed
as the execve() would fail anyway, this is not the
case for ld.so. I think it would be a good idea for
ld.so to start using the access(R_OK | X_OK) before
open().

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