Re: /proc filesystem allows bypassing directory permissions on Linux

[Ansgar Wiechers <bugtraq () planetcobalt net>]

On 2009-10-24 Derek Martin wrote:
> 1. It circumvents the fact that to write to a file, you MUST be able
> to write to its directory, so that the file attributes can be updated.

Wrong, because the file's attributes aren't stored in the directory, but
in the respective inode.

Regards
Ansgar Wiechers
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