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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/namei.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 8b61d103a8a7..89a612e392eb 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -3671,15 +3671,11 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(linkat, int, olddfd, const char __user *, oldname, 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. + * Using empty names is equivalent to using AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW + * on /proc/self/fd/<fd>. */ - if (flags & AT_EMPTY_PATH) { - if (!capable(CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH)) - return -ENOENT; + if (flags & AT_EMPTY_PATH) how = LOOKUP_EMPTY; - } if (flags & AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW) how |= LOOKUP_FOLLOW; |