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Note that when he said it affects linux, he is wrong. From https://lwn.net/Articles/375888/:

> Only privileged users can call open_by_handle(); otherwise it could be possible for a malicious local user to bypass the normal permission checks on the directories in the path to a specific file.

Huh, my bad. I read up on it and thought I hadn't missed anything but I guess I stand corrected. Thanks, I'll correct the article.