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authorDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>2010-05-12 15:34:03 +0100
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-05-12 18:23:58 -0700
commit7ac512aa8237c43331ffaf77a4fd8b8d684819ba (patch)
tree0fe199f0364c5b54012691c9e4ff4a11767d1797 /fs/cachefiles/security.c
parent91af70814105f4c05e6e11b51c3269907b71794b (diff)
downloadlinux-7ac512aa8237c43331ffaf77a4fd8b8d684819ba.tar.bz2
CacheFiles: Fix error handling in cachefiles_determine_cache_security()
cachefiles_determine_cache_security() is expected to return with a security override in place. However, if set_create_files_as() fails, we fail to do this. In this case, we should just reinstate the security override that was set by the caller. Furthermore, if set_create_files_as() fails, we should dispose of the new credentials we were in the process of creating. Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/cachefiles/security.c')
-rw-r--r--fs/cachefiles/security.c4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/security.c b/fs/cachefiles/security.c
index b5808cdb2232..039b5011d83b 100644
--- a/fs/cachefiles/security.c
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/security.c
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ static int cachefiles_check_cache_dir(struct cachefiles_cache *cache,
/*
* check the security details of the on-disk cache
* - must be called with security override in force
+ * - must return with a security override in force - even in the case of an
+ * error
*/
int cachefiles_determine_cache_security(struct cachefiles_cache *cache,
struct dentry *root,
@@ -99,6 +101,8 @@ int cachefiles_determine_cache_security(struct cachefiles_cache *cache,
* which create files */
ret = set_create_files_as(new, root->d_inode);
if (ret < 0) {
+ abort_creds(new);
+ cachefiles_begin_secure(cache, _saved_cred);
_leave(" = %d [cfa]", ret);
return ret;
}