Re: [stable] [patch] fuse: fix permission checking

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 11:08:59 -0800 Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 10:38:59AM +0100, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> > > On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 11:23:47AM +0100, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> > > > This is for 2.6.25 and 2.6.24.y, but NOT for 2.6.23.y.
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Miklos
> > > > ----
> > > > 
> > > > From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz>
> > > > 
> > > > I added a nasty local variable shadowing bug to fuse in 2.6.24, with
> > > > the result, that the 'default_permissions' mount option is basically
> > > > ignored.
> > > 
> > > When this goes into Linus's tree, can you let us know along with the git
> > > commit id?
> > 
> > I'd really like to see this in 2.6.24.3.  How much time is left?
> > Should I bypass Andrew and submit to Linus ASAP?
> 
> There will be a .24.4 soon afterward (week or so), so don't feel like
> you have to rush.  Unless this is some kind of security issue?
> 

I'll be sending a bunch of fixes to Linus this weekend, including this patch.