On Thu, 2 Nov 2006 17:24:02 +0100
Andreas Gruenbacher <[email protected]> wrote:
> The user.* extended attributes are only allowed on regular files and
> directories. Sticky directories further restrict write access to the
> owner and privileged users. (See the attr(5) man page for an
> explanation.)
>
> The original check in ext2/ext3 when user.* xattrs were merged was more
> restrictive than intended, and when the xattr permission checks were moved
> into the VFS, read access to user.* attributes on sticky directores ended up
> being denied in addition.
Am struggling to understand the impact of this. I assume this problem was
introduced on Jan 9 by e0ad7b073eb7317e5afe0385b02dcb1d52a1eedf "move xattr
permission checks into the VFS"?
If so, the fix is applicable to 2.6.18, 2.6.19 and of course 2.6.20.
But to which of those should it be applied?
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