From: Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Using INVALID_[UG]ID for the LSM file creation context doesn't make sense, so return an error if the inode passed to set_create_file_as() has an invalid id. Signed-off-by: Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/cred.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c index 0c0cd8a62285..5f264fb5737d 100644 --- a/kernel/cred.c +++ b/kernel/cred.c @@ -689,6 +689,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_security_override_from_ctx); */ int set_create_files_as(struct cred *new, struct inode *inode) { + if (!uid_valid(inode->i_uid) || !gid_valid(inode->i_gid)) + return -EINVAL; new->fsuid = inode->i_uid; new->fsgid = inode->i_gid; return security_kernel_create_files_as(new, inode); -- 2.8.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-api" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html