[PATCH] UBUNTU: SAUCE: fs: block hardlinks to non-accessible sources

[Kees Cook]

Hi Stefan,

On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 11:28:20AM +0200, Stefan Bader wrote:
> It is similar to the softlinks, though maybe a little harder to see the results
> it causes. The patch itself seems to be ok.
> For Lucid SRU I would definitely want to see effects on applications. In the
> view of SRU changes not being allowed to cause regressions, would it be an
> option to make the default weak_nonaccess_hardlinks=1 for the Lucid version and
> therefore rather allow an opt-in?

If it gets an SRU, I would want the default set to 1 for sure.  Originally
I didn't intend for this to go into Lucid, but if there is demand, I would
support it being done that way.

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Ubuntu Security Team