linux-kernel - [PATCH]:RESEND : Return proper error value on failure of dentry

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Date:	Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:57:29 +0530
From:	vibi sreenivasan <vibi_sreenivasan@....com>
To:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
Cc:	Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ibm.com>, Kylene Hall <kylene@...ibm.com>,
	Serge Hallyn <serue@...ibm.com>,
	Reiner Sailer <sailer@...son.ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH]:RESEND : Return proper error value on failure of
	dentry_open

    dentry_open can return error value on error.
    Check that value before calling fput & return proper error value

Signed-off-by: vibi sreenivasan <vibi_sreenivasan@....com>
---
 security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
index f4e7266..c58158b 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
@@ -201,10 +201,10 @@ int ima_path_check(struct path *path, int mask)
 	}
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&iint->mutex);
-	if (file)
+	if (!IS_ERR(file))
 		fput(file);
 	kref_put(&iint->refcount, iint_free);
-	return 0;
+	return rc;
 }
 
 static int process_measurement(struct file *file, const unsigned char *filename,
-- 
1.6.0



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