Re: [PATCH v6 3/7] fs: Add receive_fd() wrapper for __receive_fd()

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On Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 01:49:23PM +0200, Christian Brauner wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 06, 2020 at 01:17:16PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> > For both pidfd and seccomp, the __user pointer is not used. Update
> > __receive_fd() to make writing to ufd optional via a NULL check. However,
> > for the receive_fd_user() wrapper, ufd is NULL checked so an -EFAULT
> > can be returned to avoid changing the SCM_RIGHTS interface behavior. Add
> > new wrapper receive_fd() for pidfd and seccomp that does not use the ufd
> > argument. For the new helper, the allocated fd needs to be returned on
> > success. Update the existing callers to handle it.
> > 
> > Reviewed-by: Sargun Dhillon <sargun@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> 
> Hm, I'm not sure why 2/7 and 3/7 aren't just one patch but ok. :)

I wanted to do a "clean" move from one source to another without any
behavioral changes first.

> Acked-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!

-- 
Kees Cook



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