From: Jerome Marchand commit 1c24de60e50fb19b94d94225458da17c720f0729 upstream. gid_t is a unsigned int. If group_info contains a gid greater than MAX_INT, groups_search() function may look on the wrong side of the search tree. This solves some unfair "permission denied" problems. Signed-off-by: Jerome Marchand Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- kernel/groups.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/kernel/groups.c +++ b/kernel/groups.c @@ -143,10 +143,9 @@ int groups_search(const struct group_inf right = group_info->ngroups; while (left < right) { unsigned int mid = (left+right)/2; - int cmp = grp - GROUP_AT(group_info, mid); - if (cmp > 0) + if (grp > GROUP_AT(group_info, mid)) left = mid + 1; - else if (cmp < 0) + else if (grp < GROUP_AT(group_info, mid)) right = mid; else return 1; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/