Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | David Howells <> | Subject | [PATCH 2/2] CRED: Must initialise the new creds in prepare_kernel_cred() | Date | Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:13:46 +0000 |
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The newly allocated creds in prepare_kernel_cred() must be initialised before get_uid() and get_group_info() can access them. They should be copied from the old credentials.
Reported-by: Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Acked-by: Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com> ---
kernel/cred.c | 1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c index 400e608..3a03918 100644 --- a/kernel/cred.c +++ b/kernel/cred.c @@ -507,6 +507,7 @@ struct cred *prepare_kernel_cred(struct task_struct *daemon) else old = get_cred(&init_cred); + *new = *old; get_uid(new->user); get_group_info(new->group_info);
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