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Check permission before opening a real file. ovl_path_open() is used by readdir and copy-up routines. ovl_permission() theoretically already checked copy up permissions, but it doesn't hurt to re-do these checks during the actual copy-up. For directory reading ovl_permission() only checks access to topmost underlying layer. Readdir on a merged directory accesses layers below the topmost one as well. Permission wasn't checked for these layers. Note: modifying ovl_permission() to perform this check would be far more complex and hence more bug prone. The result is less precise permissions returned in access(2). If this turns out to be an issue, we can revisit this bug. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.