Issue #2692091 by amateescu, heykarthikwithu, xjm, Berdir: Use the new 'view label' entity access check in the entity reference label formatter

core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/EntityReferenceFormatterBase.php

@@ -169,9 +169,9 @@ abstract class EntityReferenceFormatterBase extends FormatterBase {
   /**
    * Checks access to the given entity.
    *
-   * By default, entity access is checked. However, a subclass can choose to
+   * By default, entity 'view' access is checked. However, a subclass can choose
-   * exclude certain items from entity access checking by immediately granting
+   * to exclude certain items from entity access checking by immediately
-   * access.
+   * granting access.
    *
    * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity
    *    The entity to check.

core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/EntityReferenceLabelFormatter.php

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\Core\Field\Plugin\Field\FieldFormatter;
 
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\Exception\UndefinedLinkTemplateException;
 use Drupal\Core\Field\FieldItemListInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface;
@@ -100,4 +101,11 @@ class EntityReferenceLabelFormatter extends EntityReferenceFormatterBase {
     return $elements;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected function checkAccess(EntityInterface $entity) {
+    return $entity->access('view label', NULL, TRUE);
+  }
+
 }

core/modules/user/src/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/AuthorFormatter.php

@@ -54,9 +54,7 @@ class AuthorFormatter extends EntityReferenceFormatterBase {
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   protected function checkAccess(EntityInterface $entity) {
-    // Always allow an entity author's username to be read, even if the current
+    return $entity->access('view label', NULL, TRUE);
-    // user does not have permission to view the entity author's profile.
-    return AccessResult::allowed();
   }
 
 }