From: Chris Mason From: jeffm@suse.com reiserfs permission bug fix for xattrs --- 25-akpm/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c | 3 ++- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN fs/reiserfs/xattr.c~reiserfs-permission fs/reiserfs/xattr.c --- 25/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c~reiserfs-permission Fri Apr 23 14:36:55 2004 +++ 25-akpm/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c Fri Apr 23 14:36:55 2004 @@ -1411,7 +1411,8 @@ check_capabilities: * Read/write DACs are always overridable. * Executable DACs are overridable if at least one exec bit is set. */ - if ((mask & (MAY_READ|MAY_WRITE)) || (inode->i_mode & S_IXUGO)) + if (!(mask & MAY_EXEC) || + (inode->i_mode & S_IXUGO) || S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) if (capable(CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE)) return 0; _