Re: [PATCH] fs: fix xattr permission checking error

Theodore Ts'o <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.file-systems.jfs.general
Message-ID <20171022053942.ntin63uzgz2d35o2__40982.1477988318$1508650821$gmane$org@thunk.org>
On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 03:39:47PM +0200, Nicolas Belouin wrote:
> Fix an issue making trusted xattr world readable and other
> cap_sys_admin only
>

NACK.  It is *documented* that trusted xattrs are only supposed to be
readable by root.

					- Ted

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