The patch below does not apply to the 5.10-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.
thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
>From 34dc2fd6e6908499b669c7b45320cddf38b332e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2021 12:47:51 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] ucounts: Proper error handling in set_cred_ucounts
Instead of leaking the ucounts in new if alloc_ucounts fails, store
the result of alloc_ucounts into a temporary variable, which is later
assigned to new->ucounts.
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 905ae01c4ae2 ("Add a reference to ucounts for each cred")
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/87pms2s0v8.fsf_-_@disp2133
Tested-by: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Alexey Gladkov <legion@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c
index 3d163bfd64a9..16c05dfbec4d 100644
--- a/kernel/cred.c
+++ b/kernel/cred.c
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ int set_cred_ucounts(struct cred *new)
{
struct task_struct *task = current;
const struct cred *old = task->real_cred;
- struct ucounts *old_ucounts = new->ucounts;
+ struct ucounts *new_ucounts, *old_ucounts = new->ucounts;
if (new->user == old->user && new->user_ns == old->user_ns)
return 0;
@@ -681,9 +681,10 @@ int set_cred_ucounts(struct cred *new)
if (old_ucounts && old_ucounts->ns == new->user_ns && uid_eq(old_ucounts->uid, new->euid))
return 0;
- if (!(new->ucounts = alloc_ucounts(new->user_ns, new->euid)))
+ if (!(new_ucounts = alloc_ucounts(new->user_ns, new->euid)))
return -EAGAIN;
+ new->ucounts = new_ucounts;
if (old_ucounts)
put_ucounts(old_ucounts);
