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Jens Axboe authored
By default, kernel threads have init_fs and init_files assigned. In the past, this has triggered security problems, as commands that don't ask for (and hence don't get assigned) fs/files from the originating task can then attempt path resolution etc with access to parts of the system they should not be able to. Rather than add checks in the fs code for misuse, just set these to NULL. If we do attempt to use them, then the resulting code will oops rather than provide access to something that it should not permit. Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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