[patch] patch from debian kernels (post 3.6)

fs-enable-link-security-restrictions-by-default.patch (text/plain), 717 bytes, created by Daniel Kahn Gillmor on 2015-02-13 20:02:38 UTC

From: Ben Hutchings <[e-mail]>
Subject: fs: Enable link security restrictions by default
Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2012 05:32:06 +0000
Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/609455
Forwarded: not-needed

This reverts commit 561ec64ae67ef25cac8d72bb9c4bfc955edfd415
('VFS: don't do protected {sym,hard}links by default').

--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -651,8 +651,8 @@ static inline void put_link(struct namei
 	path_put(link);
 }
 
-int sysctl_protected_symlinks __read_mostly = 0;
-int sysctl_protected_hardlinks __read_mostly = 0;
+int sysctl_protected_symlinks __read_mostly = 1;
+int sysctl_protected_hardlinks __read_mostly = 1;
 
 /**
  * may_follow_link - Check symlink following for unsafe situations