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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/namei.c | 20 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 9d4f3270017..c9b7f5b7e92 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -2945,15 +2945,27 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(linkat, int, olddfd, const char __user *, oldname, struct dentry *new_dentry; struct nameidata nd; struct path old_path; + int how = 0; int error; char *to; - if ((flags & ~AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW) != 0) + if ((flags & ~(AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW | AT_EMPTY_PATH)) != 0) return -EINVAL; + /* + * To use null names we require CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH + * This ensures that not everyone will be able to create + * handlink using the passed filedescriptor. + */ + if (flags & AT_EMPTY_PATH) { + if (!capable(CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH)) + return -ENOENT; + how = LOOKUP_EMPTY; + } + + if (flags & AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW) + how |= LOOKUP_FOLLOW; - error = user_path_at(olddfd, oldname, - flags & AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW ? LOOKUP_FOLLOW : 0, - &old_path); + error = user_path_at(olddfd, oldname, how, &old_path); if (error) return error; |