When NULL is passed to one of the xattr system calls as the attribute
name, copying that name from user space already fails with -EFAULT;
xattr_resolve_name is never called with a NULL attribute name.
Signed-off-by: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/xattr.c | 3 ---
1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
index c243905..1f72c92 100644
--- a/fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xattr.c
@@ -675,9 +675,6 @@ xattr_resolve_name(const struct xattr_handler **handlers, const char **name)
{
const struct xattr_handler *handler;
- if (!*name)
- return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
-
for_each_xattr_handler(handlers, handler) {
const char *n;
--
2.7.4
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