linux-kernel - [PATCH 05/20] tomoyo_write_control(): get rid of pointless access

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Date:   Sun, 10 May 2020 00:45:42 +0100
From:   Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Subject: [PATCH 05/20] tomoyo_write_control(): get rid of pointless access_ok()

From: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>

address is passed only to get_user()

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
---
 security/tomoyo/common.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/tomoyo/common.c b/security/tomoyo/common.c
index 1b467381986f..f93f8acd05f7 100644
--- a/security/tomoyo/common.c
+++ b/security/tomoyo/common.c
@@ -2662,8 +2662,6 @@ ssize_t tomoyo_write_control(struct tomoyo_io_buffer *head,
 
 	if (!head->write)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	if (!access_ok(buffer, buffer_len))
-		return -EFAULT;
 	if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&head->io_sem))
 		return -EINTR;
 	head->read_user_buf_avail = 0;
-- 
2.11.0