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authorTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>2011-02-21 09:43:56 +0100
committerTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>2011-02-21 09:43:56 +0100
commit43d133c18b44e7d82d82ef0dcc2bddd55d5dfe81 (patch)
tree8de75c837b55874cc8a81a29bdedbc62668d4481 /kernel/cred.c
parent4149efb22da66e326fc48baf80d628834509f7f0 (diff)
parent6f576d57f1fa0d6026b495d8746d56d949989161 (diff)
Merge branch 'master' into for-2.6.39
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/cred.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/cred.c16
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c
index 6a1aa004e37..3a9d6dd53a6 100644
--- a/kernel/cred.c
+++ b/kernel/cred.c
@@ -252,13 +252,13 @@ struct cred *cred_alloc_blank(void)
#endif
atomic_set(&new->usage, 1);
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_CREDENTIALS
+ new->magic = CRED_MAGIC;
+#endif
if (security_cred_alloc_blank(new, GFP_KERNEL) < 0)
goto error;
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_CREDENTIALS
- new->magic = CRED_MAGIC;
-#endif
return new;
error:
@@ -657,6 +657,8 @@ struct cred *prepare_kernel_cred(struct task_struct *daemon)
validate_creds(old);
*new = *old;
+ atomic_set(&new->usage, 1);
+ set_cred_subscribers(new, 0);
get_uid(new->user);
get_group_info(new->group_info);
@@ -674,8 +676,6 @@ struct cred *prepare_kernel_cred(struct task_struct *daemon)
if (security_prepare_creds(new, old, GFP_KERNEL) < 0)
goto error;
- atomic_set(&new->usage, 1);
- set_cred_subscribers(new, 0);
put_cred(old);
validate_creds(new);
return new;
@@ -748,7 +748,11 @@ bool creds_are_invalid(const struct cred *cred)
if (cred->magic != CRED_MAGIC)
return true;
#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX
- if (selinux_is_enabled()) {
+ /*
+ * cred->security == NULL if security_cred_alloc_blank() or
+ * security_prepare_creds() returned an error.
+ */
+ if (selinux_is_enabled() && cred->security) {
if ((unsigned long) cred->security < PAGE_SIZE)
return true;
if ((*(u32 *)cred->security & 0xffffff00) ==