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CRED: Must initialise the new creds in prepare_kernel_cred()
authorDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Fri, 9 Jan 2009 16:13:46 +0000 (16:13 +0000)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Fri, 9 Jan 2009 19:53:53 +0000 (11:53 -0800)
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>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
kernel/cred.c

index fc222e4acfb0b30ddd2c8f0bca98a3788f8aecf0..043f78c133c46ccbfe4a56bcbf92b35e57f92018 100644 (file)
@@ -506,6 +506,7 @@ 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);