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-rw-r--r--fs/namei.c10
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 8b61d103a8a7..89a612e392eb 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -3671,15 +3671,11 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(linkat, int, olddfd, const char __user *, oldname,
if ((flags & ~(AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW | AT_EMPTY_PATH)) != 0)
return -EINVAL;
/*
- * To use null names we require CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH
- * This ensures that not everyone will be able to create
- * handlink using the passed filedescriptor.
+ * Using empty names is equivalent to using AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW
+ * on /proc/self/fd/<fd>.
*/
- if (flags & AT_EMPTY_PATH) {
- if (!capable(CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH))
- return -ENOENT;
+ if (flags & AT_EMPTY_PATH)
how = LOOKUP_EMPTY;
- }
if (flags & AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW)
how |= LOOKUP_FOLLOW;