RE: [PATCH v4 2/5] fs: Add fchmodat2()
David Laight <[email protected]>
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From: Aleksa Sarai > Sent: 25 July 2023 17:36 ... > We almost certainly want to support AT_EMPTY_PATH at the same time. > Otherwise userspace will still need to go through /proc when trying to > chmod a file handle they have. That can't be allowed. Just because a process has a file open and write access to the directory that contains it doesn't mean they are allowed to change the file permissions. They also need directory search access from a directory they have open through to the containing directory. David