netdev - [Patch] Correct assignment of uid to gid in credentials

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Date:	Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:08:36 -0700
From:	Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	ak@...ux.intel.com, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [Patch] Correct assignment of uid to gid in credentials

This patch corrects an erroneous assignment of uid to gid in credentials
update.

Tim

Signed-off-by: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>
diff --git a/net/core/scm.c b/net/core/scm.c
index 4c1ef02..811b53f 100644
--- a/net/core/scm.c
+++ b/net/core/scm.c
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ int __scm_send(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr
*msg, struct scm_cookie *p)
 					goto error;
 
 				cred->uid = cred->euid = p->creds.uid;
-				cred->gid = cred->egid = p->creds.uid;
+				cred->gid = cred->egid = p->creds.gid;
 				put_cred(p->cred);
 				p->cred = cred;
 			}


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