linux-kernel - Re: [patch] honour MNT

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Message-ID: <eg8fee$lpc$1@taverner.cs.berkeley.edu>
Date:	Sat, 7 Oct 2006 15:00:30 +0000 (UTC)
From:	daw@...berkeley.edu (David Wagner)
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] honour MNT_NOEXEC for access()

Stas Sergeev  wrote:
>Now, as the access(X_OK) is fixed, would it be
>feasible for ld.so to start using it?

access() has TOCTTOU vulnerabilities, and should not be used for
any security-critical purpose...
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