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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2011-02-16 13:33:35 +0100
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2011-02-16 13:33:41 +0100
commita3ec4a603faf4244e275bf11b467aad092dfbd8a (patch)
tree1c15009716b37629070ea221a00eb9fe2303a317 /kernel/cred.c
parent51563cd53c4b1c1790fccd2e0af0e2b756589af9 (diff)
parent85e2efbb1db9a18d218006706d6e4fbeb0216213 (diff)
downloadlinux-a3ec4a603faf4244e275bf11b467aad092dfbd8a.tar.gz
Merge commit 'v2.6.38-rc5' into core/locking
Merge reason: pick up upstream fixes.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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 b5496e81b0f7..2343c132c5a7 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) ==