Re: [PATCH 6/7] vfs: only add " (deleted)" where necessary

[Bastien ROUCARIES]

On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 3:00 PM,  <Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, 02 Aug 2010 13:20:01 +0200, Miklos Szeredi said:
>
>> Index: linux-2.6/fs/dcache.c
>> ===================================================================
>> --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/dcache.c        2010-07-06 18:08:16.000000000 +0200
>> +++ linux-2.6/fs/dcache.c     2010-07-06 18:08:19.000000000 +0200
>> @@ -1977,8 +1977,7 @@ global_root:
>>   * @buffer: buffer to return value in
>>   * @buflen: buffer length
>>   *
>> - * Convert a dentry into an ASCII path name. If the entry has been deleted
>> - * the string " (deleted)" is appended. Note that this is ambiguous.
>> + * Convert a dentry into an ASCII path name.
>>   *
>>   * Returns a pointer into the buffer or an error code if the
>>   * path was too long.
>
> I'd prefer the comment about it being ambiguous remain.  I'm waiting to see how
> long it takes for somebody to create a security hole by creating a file called
> '/etc/some/thing/important (deleted)' and having some software Do The Wrong
> Thing instead to /etc/some/thing/important.
>

In order to close this kind of hole why not creating a deleted
directory on /proc and redirect symbolic link to this directory.
And do the same for unreachable. If we use the good permission it will
work from a backaward compatibily point of view

bastien
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