lists.openwall.net   lists  /  announce  owl-users  owl-dev  john-users  john-dev  passwdqc-users  yescrypt  popa3d-users  /  oss-security  kernel-hardening  musl  sabotage  tlsify  passwords  /  crypt-dev  xvendor  /  Bugtraq  Full-Disclosure  linux-kernel  linux-netdev  linux-ext4  linux-hardening  linux-cve-announce  PHC 
Open Source and information security mailing list archives
 
Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.
[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]
Date:   Wed, 29 Mar 2017 11:40:58 -0400
From:   Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:     linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, selinux@...ho.nsa.gov,
        Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>,
        James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>,
        "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
        Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>,
        William Roberts <william.c.roberts@...el.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 41/46] selinux: Move two assignments for the variable "rc"
 in roles_init()

On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 10:41 AM, SF Markus Elfring
<elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2017 12:40:35 +0100
>
> One local variable was set to an error code in two cases before
> a concrete error situation was detected. Thus move the corresponding
> assignments into if branches to indicate a software failure there.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> ---
>  security/selinux/ss/policydb.c | 10 ++++++----
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Dropped for reasons previously discussed.

> diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c b/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
> index ccc146bfd4c2..be445abf047b 100644
> --- a/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
> +++ b/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
> @@ -182,15 +182,17 @@ static int roles_init(struct policydb *p)
>         if (!role)
>                 return -ENOMEM;
>
> -       rc = -EINVAL;
>         role->value = ++p->p_roles.nprim;
> -       if (role->value != OBJECT_R_VAL)
> +       if (role->value != OBJECT_R_VAL) {
> +               rc = -EINVAL;
>                 goto out;
> +       }
>
> -       rc = -ENOMEM;
>         key = kstrdup(OBJECT_R, GFP_KERNEL);
> -       if (!key)
> +       if (!key) {
> +               rc = -ENOMEM;
>                 goto out;
> +       }
>
>         rc = hashtab_insert(p->p_roles.table, key, role);
>         if (rc)
> --
> 2.11.0
>



-- 
paul moore
www.paul-moore.com

Powered by blists - more mailing lists