From 7ac512aa8237c43331ffaf77a4fd8b8d684819ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Howells Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 15:34:03 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/1] 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 Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- fs/cachefiles/security.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) 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; } -- 2.39.2