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

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Date:	Wed, 23 Mar 2011 22:07:38 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
To:	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
cc:	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] Null short-circuit for selinux_cred_free()

On Wed, 23 Mar 2011, Tetsuo Handa wrote:

> Jesper Juhl wrote:
> > Let selinux_cred_free accept NULL pointers.
> No need to do so.
> 
> > 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.
> If cred == NULL, put_cred_rcu(NULL) causes the kernel to panic before calling
> LSM hooks.

Good point. Thanks.

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