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-rw-r--r--fs/namei.c3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 975c40620fe..0223c41fb11 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -238,7 +238,8 @@ int generic_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags,
/*
* Read/write DACs are always overridable.
- * Executable DACs are overridable if at least one exec bit is set.
+ * Executable DACs are overridable for all directories and
+ * for non-directories that have least one exec bit set.
*/
if (!(mask & MAY_EXEC) || execute_ok(inode))
if (ns_capable(inode_userns(inode), CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE))