linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] CRED: Fix NFSD regression

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Date:	Tue, 6 Jan 2009 09:22:42 +1100 (EST)
From:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
cc:	bfields@...ldses.org, hch@....de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] CRED: Fix NFSD regression

On Mon, 5 Jan 2009, David Howells wrote:

> Fix a regression in NFSD's permission checking introduced by the credentials
> patches.  There are two parts to the problem, both in nfsd_setuser():
> 
>  (1) The return value of set_groups() is -ve if in error, not 0, and should be
>      checked appropriately.  0 indicates success.
> 
>  (2) The UID to use for fs accesses is in new->fsuid, not new->uid (which is
>      0).  This causes CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE to always be set, rather than being
>      cleared if the UID is anything other than 0 after squashing.
> 
> Reported-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@...ldses.org>
> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>

Acked-by: James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>


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