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    ovl: verify permissions in ovl_path_open() · 56230d95
    Miklos Szeredi authored
    
    Check permission before opening a real file.
    
    ovl_path_open() is used by readdir and copy-up routines.
    
    ovl_permission() theoretically already checked copy up permissions, but it
    doesn't hurt to re-do these checks during the actual copy-up.
    
    For directory reading ovl_permission() only checks access to topmost
    underlying layer.  Readdir on a merged directory accesses layers below the
    topmost one as well.  Permission wasn't checked for these layers.
    
    Note: modifying ovl_permission() to perform this check would be far more
    complex and hence more bug prone.  The result is less precise permissions
    returned in access(2).  If this turns out to be an issue, we can revisit
    this bug.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMiklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com>
    56230d95
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