linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] security: have cap_dentry_init

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Message-ID: <alpine.LRH.2.02.1403071142060.19326@tundra.namei.org>
Date:	Fri, 7 Mar 2014 11:42:18 +1100 (EST)
From:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:	Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>
cc:	James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>,
	Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@...onical.com>,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] security: have cap_dentry_init_security return error

On Wed, 5 Mar 2014, Jeff Layton wrote:

> Currently, cap_dentry_init_security returns 0 without actually
> initializing the security label. This confuses its only caller
> (nfs4_label_init_security) which expects an error in that situation, and
> causes it to end up sending out junk onto the wire instead of simply
> suppressing the label in the attributes sent.
> 
> When CONFIG_SECURITY is disabled, security_dentry_init_security returns
> -EOPNOTSUPP. Have cap_dentry_init_security do the same.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>

Applied to
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security.git next


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