From: Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@xxxxxxxx> Subject: ipc,shm: correct error return value in shmctl (SHM_UNLOCK) 2caacaa82a51b78 ("ipc,shm: shorten critical region for shmctl") restructured the ipc shm to shorten critical region, but introduced a path where the return value could be -EPERM, even if the operation actually was performed. Before the commit, the err return value was reset by the return value from security_shm_shmctl() after the if (!ns_capable(...)) statement. Now, we still exit the if statement with err set to -EPERM, and in the case of SHM_UNLOCK, it is not reset at all, and used as the return value from shmctl. To fix this, we only set err when errors occur, leaving the fallthrough case alone. Signed-off-by: Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@xxxxxx> Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Michel Lespinasse <walken@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [3.12.x] Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- ipc/shm.c | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff -puN ipc/shm.c~ipcshm-correct-error-return-value-in-shmctl-shm_unlock ipc/shm.c --- a/ipc/shm.c~ipcshm-correct-error-return-value-in-shmctl-shm_unlock +++ a/ipc/shm.c @@ -977,12 +977,15 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(shmctl, int, shmid, int, ipc_lock_object(&shp->shm_perm); if (!ns_capable(ns->user_ns, CAP_IPC_LOCK)) { kuid_t euid = current_euid(); - err = -EPERM; if (!uid_eq(euid, shp->shm_perm.uid) && - !uid_eq(euid, shp->shm_perm.cuid)) + !uid_eq(euid, shp->shm_perm.cuid)) { + err = -EPERM; goto out_unlock0; - if (cmd == SHM_LOCK && !rlimit(RLIMIT_MEMLOCK)) + } + if (cmd == SHM_LOCK && !rlimit(RLIMIT_MEMLOCK)) { + err = -EPERM; goto out_unlock0; + } } shm_file = shp->shm_file; _ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html