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Date: Fri, 1 May 2020 13:36:08 -0700
From: Deven Bowers <deven.desai@...ux.microsoft.com>
To: Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ikod.net>,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@...har.com>, Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/5] fs: Add support for an O_MAYEXEC flag on
 openat2(2)



On 4/30/2020 6:23 AM, Mickaël Salaün wrote:
> When the O_MAYEXEC flag is passed, openat2(2) may be subject to
> additional restrictions depending on a security policy managed by the
> kernel through a sysctl or implemented by an LSM thanks to the
> inode_permission hook. 
> This new flag is ignored by open(2) and openat(2).

Reviewed-by: Deven Bowers <deven.desai@...ux.microsoft.com>

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