On 24.08.2013, at 21:14, Yann Droneaud wrote: > KVM uses anon_inode_get() to allocate file descriptors as part > of some of its ioctls. But those ioctls are lacking a flag argument > allowing userspace to choose options for the newly opened file descriptor. > > In such case it's advised to use O_CLOEXEC by default so that > userspace is allowed to choose, without race, if the file descriptor > is going to be inherited across exec(). > > This patch set O_CLOEXEC flag on all file descriptors created > with anon_inode_getfd() to not leak file descriptors across exec(). > > Signed-off-by: Yann Droneaud <ydrone...@opteya.com> > Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/cover.1377372576.git.ydrone...@opteya.com
Reviewed-by: Alexander Graf <ag...@suse.de> Would it make sense to simply inherit the O_CLOEXEC flag from the parent kvm fd instead? That would give user space the power to keep fds across exec() if it wants to. Alex -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
