Re: 2.6.22-rc6(mm1) Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference- git-bisect result

From: Ulrich Drepper
Date: Sun Jul 08 2007 - 14:25:25 EST


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Linus Torvalds wrote:
> notify_change() does *not* do permission checks for
> ATTR_CTIME/MTIME/ATIME.

Then I don't understand

/* Check for setting the inode time. */
if (ia_valid & (ATTR_MTIME_SET | ATTR_ATIME_SET)) {
if (current->fsuid != inode->i_uid && !capable(CAP_FOWNER))
goto error;
}

in inode_change_ok. This seems to me exactly like the check needed.

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â Ulrich Drepper â Red Hat, Inc. â 444 Castro St â Mountain View, CA â
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