[Bug 60676] New: Stat system call gives permission denied to root for links under a sticky bit

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            Bug ID: 60676
           Summary: Stat system call gives permission denied to root for
                    links under a sticky bit
           Product: File System
           Version: 2.5
    Kernel Version: 3.5.0
          Hardware: x86-64
                OS: Linux
              Tree: Mainline
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P1
         Component: ext4
          Assignee: fs_ext4@kernel-bugs.osdl.org
          Reporter: jck@videk.com
        Regression: No

If a directory has a sticky bit set, root cannot use anything that makes the
stat system call on any of the links there.

Example:
> $ ls -ld /tmp/
> drwxrwxrwt 17 root root 4825088 Aug  1 10:50 /tmp/
> $ mkdir /tmp/testdir
> $ touch /tmp/testdir/testfile
> $ ln -s /tmp/testdir/ /tmp/testlink
> $ ls /tmp/testlink/
> testfile
> $ su
> # ls /tmp/testlink
ls: cannot access /tmp/testlink: Permission denied
> # ls /tmp/testdir
> testfile

I can see how having root blindly follow links in a sticky directory could be a
bad idea, but this goes against the behavior described by the man pages.

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