From: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> 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 2018-09-28 07:56:07.770005006 -0400 +++ b/fs/namei.c 2018-09-28 07:56:43.370349204 -0400 @@ -885,8 +885,8 @@ static inline void put_link(struct namei path_put(&last->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; int sysctl_protected_fifos __read_mostly; int sysctl_protected_regular __read_mostly;