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| author | Jerome Marchand <jmarchan@redhat.com> | 2010-09-09 16:37:59 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-09-09 18:57:24 -0700 |
| commit | 1c24de60e50fb19b94d94225458da17c720f0729 (patch) | |
| tree | a225907a1b341f629037805f086add137e176f4a /mm/thrash.c | |
| parent | 94131e174fedd9f3f9bb148cee4be12f2d46d68e (diff) | |
| download | linux-1c24de60e50fb19b94d94225458da17c720f0729.tar.bz2 | |
kernel/groups.c: fix integer overflow in groups_search
gid_t is a unsigned int. If group_info contains a gid greater than
MAX_INT, groups_search() function may look on the wrong side of the search
tree.
This solves some unfair "permission denied" problems.
Signed-off-by: Jerome Marchand <jmarchan@redhat.com>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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