linux-kernel - [PATCH][RFC] Null short-circuit for selinux_cred

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Date:	Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:23:57 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
To:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
cc:	Justin Mattock <justinmattock@...il.com>,
	Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH][RFC] Null short-circuit for selinux_cred_free()

Let selinux_cred_free accept NULL pointers.
If we don't do this, then we can crash if someone manages to pass NULL to 
cred_free. Seems to me it's better to just do nothing in that case rather 
than crash.

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
---
 hooks.c |    7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index 6475e1f..d2216cf 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -3232,13 +3232,16 @@ static int selinux_cred_alloc_blank(struct cred *cred, gfp_t gfp)
  */
 static void selinux_cred_free(struct cred *cred)
 {
-	struct task_security_struct *tsec = cred->security;
+	struct task_security_struct *tsec;
 
+	if (!cred)
+		return;
 	/*
 	 * cred->security == NULL if security_cred_alloc_blank() or
 	 * security_prepare_creds() returned an error.
 	 */
-	BUG_ON(cred->security && (unsigned long) cred->security < PAGE_SIZE);
+	BUG_ON(cred->security && (unsigned long)cred->security < PAGE_SIZE);
+	tsec = cred->security;
 	cred->security = (void *) 0x7UL;
 	kfree(tsec);
 }


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