linux-kernel - Re: [Patch] Correct assignment of uid to gid in credentials

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Date:	Tue, 09 Aug 2011 04:43:54 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, ak@...ux.intel.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Patch] Correct assignment of uid to gid in credentials

Le lundi 08 août 2011 à 15:08 -0700, Tim Chen a écrit :
> This patch corrects an erroneous assignment of uid to gid in credentials
> update.
> 
> Tim
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>
> diff --git a/net/core/scm.c b/net/core/scm.c
> index 4c1ef02..811b53f 100644
> --- a/net/core/scm.c
> +++ b/net/core/scm.c
> @@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ int __scm_send(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr
> *msg, struct scm_cookie *p)
>  					goto error;
>  
>  				cred->uid = cred->euid = p->creds.uid;
> -				cred->gid = cred->egid = p->creds.uid;
> +				cred->gid = cred->egid = p->creds.gid;
>  				put_cred(p->cred);
>  				p->cred = cred;
>  			}
> 
> 

Good catch Tim.

BTW your patch is a bit flawed : one wrapped line and "---" marker
missing.

Could you add in Changelog bug came from commit 257b5358b32f17
(scm: Capture the full credentials of the scm sender) to ease stable
teams work ?
(linux-2.6.36 was the first kernel to include this commit)



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