Re: [PATCH] fs: fix xattr permission checking error

From: Theodore Ts'o
Date: Sun Oct 22 2017 - 01:40:04 EST


On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 03:39:47PM +0200, Nicolas Belouin wrote:
> Fix an issue making trusted xattr world readable and other
> cap_sys_admin only
>

NACK. It is *documented* that trusted xattrs are only supposed to be
readable by root.

- Ted