linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] corner cases of open() on procfs symlinks

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Date:	Thu, 6 Jun 2013 11:40:04 +0900
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] corner cases of open() on procfs symlinks

On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 11:29 AM, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk> wrote:
>
> Probably...  procfs symlinks neutering O_DIRECTORY might, in theory, be usable
> to cook something nasty, but I don't see any obvious ways to exploit that.
> FWIW, resulting kernel seems to survive the minimal beating, but obviously
> more is needed.

Let's plan on merging that patch in the 3.11 merge window, and perhaps
mark it for stable?

                 Linus
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