When idsfromsid is used we create a special SID for owner/group. This structure must be initialized or else the first 5 bytes of the Authority field of the SID will contain uninitialized data and thus not be a valid SID. Signed-off-by: Ronnie Sahlberg <lsahlber@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/cifs/cifsacl.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsacl.c b/fs/cifs/cifsacl.c index ee3aab3dd4ac..5df21d63dd04 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/cifsacl.c +++ b/fs/cifs/cifsacl.c @@ -1297,7 +1297,7 @@ static int build_sec_desc(struct cifs_ntsd *pntsd, struct cifs_ntsd *pnntsd, if (uid_valid(uid)) { /* chown */ uid_t id; - nowner_sid_ptr = kmalloc(sizeof(struct cifs_sid), + nowner_sid_ptr = kzalloc(sizeof(struct cifs_sid), GFP_KERNEL); if (!nowner_sid_ptr) { rc = -ENOMEM; @@ -1326,7 +1326,7 @@ static int build_sec_desc(struct cifs_ntsd *pntsd, struct cifs_ntsd *pnntsd, } if (gid_valid(gid)) { /* chgrp */ gid_t id; - ngroup_sid_ptr = kmalloc(sizeof(struct cifs_sid), + ngroup_sid_ptr = kzalloc(sizeof(struct cifs_sid), GFP_KERNEL); if (!ngroup_sid_ptr) { rc = -ENOMEM; -- 2.30.2