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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/namei.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 5f4cdf3ad913..e245d88b4d69 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -1903,6 +1903,7 @@ static int path_init(int dfd, const char *name, unsigned int flags, get_fs_pwd(current->fs, &nd->path); } } else { + /* Caller must check execute permissions on the starting path component */ struct fd f = fdget_raw(dfd); struct dentry *dentry; @@ -1916,12 +1917,6 @@ static int path_init(int dfd, const char *name, unsigned int flags, fdput(f); return -ENOTDIR; } - - retval = inode_permission(dentry->d_inode, MAY_EXEC); - if (retval) { - fdput(f); - return retval; - } } nd->path = f.file->f_path; |