linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.12 113/196] ovl: fix random return value on mount

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Date:   Tue, 25 Jul 2017 12:21:52 -0700
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>,
        Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.12 113/196] ovl: fix random return value on mount

4.12-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>

commit 8fc646b44385ff0a9853f6590497e43049eeb311 upstream.

On failure to prepare_creds(), mount fails with a random
return value, as err was last set to an integer cast of
a valid lower mnt pointer or set to 0 if inodes index feature
is enabled.

Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Fixes: 3fe6e52f0626 ("ovl: override creds with the ones from ...")
Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 fs/overlayfs/super.c |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

--- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
@@ -946,6 +946,7 @@ static int ovl_fill_super(struct super_b
 	else
 		sb->s_d_op = &ovl_dentry_operations;
 
+	err = -ENOMEM;
 	ufs->creator_cred = cred = prepare_creds();
 	if (!cred)
 		goto out_put_lower_mnt;