CONFIG_OVERLAY_FS_REDIRECT_ALWAYS_FOLLOW: Overlayfs: follow redirects even if redirects are turned off

General informations

The Linux kernel configuration item CONFIG_OVERLAY_FS_REDIRECT_ALWAYS_FOLLOW:

• prompt: Overlayfs: follow redirects even if redirects are turned off
• type: bool
• depends on: CONFIG_OVERLAY_FS
• defined in fs/overlayfs/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 4.15–4.20, 5.0–5.19, 6.0–6.8, 6.9-rc+HEAD

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Disable this to get a possibly more secure configuration, but that might not be backward compatible with previous kernels.

If backward compatibility is not an issue, then it is safe and recommended to say N here.

For more information, see Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.rst

If unsure, say Y.

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