linux-kernel - [PATCH] CRED: Further fix execve error handling

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Date:	Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:56:29 +0100
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	jmorris@...ei.org, a.beregalov@...il.com
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] CRED: Further fix execve error handling

Further fix [compat_]do_execve() error handling.  free_bprm() will release the
cred_exec_mutex, but only if bprm->cred is not NULL.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
---

 fs/compat.c |    3 ++-
 fs/exec.c   |    3 ++-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)


diff --git a/fs/compat.c b/fs/compat.c
index af24b8a..918f0f2 100644
--- a/fs/compat.c
+++ b/fs/compat.c
@@ -1373,7 +1373,7 @@ int compat_do_execve(char * filename,
 	file = open_exec(filename);
 	retval = PTR_ERR(file);
 	if (IS_ERR(file))
-		goto out_unlock;
+		goto out_free;
 
 	sched_exec();
 
@@ -1427,6 +1427,7 @@ out_file:
 		allow_write_access(bprm->file);
 		fput(bprm->file);
 	}
+	goto out_free;
 
 out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&current->cred_exec_mutex);
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 4b31a72..7b71679 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -1319,7 +1319,7 @@ int do_execve(char * filename,
 	file = open_exec(filename);
 	retval = PTR_ERR(file);
 	if (IS_ERR(file))
-		goto out_unlock;
+		goto out_free;
 
 	sched_exec();
 
@@ -1376,6 +1376,7 @@ out_file:
 		allow_write_access(bprm->file);
 		fput(bprm->file);
 	}
+	goto out_free;
 
 out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&current->cred_exec_mutex);

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