From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#12632: file permissions checking mishandled when setuid Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 05:51:33 +0200 Message-ID: <83liewbk8q.fsf@gnu.org> References: <5078CAB6.7020509@cs.ucla.edu> <83d30j3wqg.fsf@gnu.org> <507CF802.6000305@cs.ucla.edu> <83a9vm4bmv.fsf@gnu.org> <50818763.80501@cs.ucla.edu> <83wqymz4me.fsf@gnu.org> <5081A1DF.9000009@cs.ucla.edu> <5081ABD6.9060002@cs.ucla.edu> <23r4osd2f9.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <50836366.6080600@cs.ucla.edu> <5084E1B2.2020105@cs.ucla.edu> <83ipa2ctl2.fsf@gnu.org> <5085AD9E.7040701@cs.ucla.edu> <838vaycj65.fsf@gnu.org> <5085BB01.2030402@cs.ucla.edu> <836261df2p.fsf@gnu.org> <50862604.30208@cs.ucla.edu> <83vce1b0ja.fsf@gnu.org> <5086EF99.6060008@cs.ucla.edu> <82r4oo6arm.fsf@gmail.com> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1351050729 4544 80.91.229.3 (24 Oct 2012 03:52:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 03:52:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 12632@debbugs.gnu.org To: Andy Moreton Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 24 05:52:17 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TQs0v-0008Ii-Dy for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 24 Oct 2012 05:52:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40009 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TQs0n-0002IH-V4 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 23 Oct 2012 23:52:09 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:44208) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TQs0l-0002Gm-KB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Oct 2012 23:52:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TQs0k-0001vR-Hr for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Oct 2012 23:52:07 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:48245) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TQs0k-0001vN-E6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Oct 2012 23:52:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TQs2b-0005bc-NQ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Oct 2012 23:54:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 03:54:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 12632 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: security patch Original-Received: via spool by 12632-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B12632.135105081921521 (code B ref 12632); Wed, 24 Oct 2012 03:54:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 12632) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 Oct 2012 03:53:39 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58496 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TQs2F-0005b3-Fb for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 23 Oct 2012 23:53:39 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout20.012.net.il ([80.179.55.166]:59985) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TQs2B-0005ap-S2 for 12632@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 23 Oct 2012 23:53:37 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout20.012.net.il by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0MCD00G00PAVTV00@a-mtaout20.012.net.il> for 12632@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 24 Oct 2012 05:51:33 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0MCD00GEWPDXG980@a-mtaout20.012.net.il>; Wed, 24 Oct 2012 05:51:33 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <82r4oo6arm.fsf@gmail.com> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:65958 Archived-At: > From: Andy Moreton > Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 00:15:09 +0100 > > FYI it is documented - see "Win32 Device Namespaces": > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365247%28v=vs.85%29.aspx > > Of course as Eli suggests, this documentation may not be the whole > story, as you still need to know which names and namespaces are > supported by a given API (and on which versions of Windows). That's one thing that's missing, yes. Another is how exactly a file name of an arbitrary form is normalized by each API, which is exactly the issue here.