netdev - [PATCH 13/16] smb: use credential guards in cifs_get_spnego

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Message-Id: <20251103-work-creds-guards-simple-v1-13-a3e156839e7f@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2025 12:27:01 +0100
From: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
 linux-aio@...ck.org, linux-unionfs@...r.kernel.org, 
 linux-erofs@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, 
 linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org, samba-technical@...ts.samba.org, 
 cgroups@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, 
 Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 13/16] smb: use credential guards in cifs_get_spnego_key()

Use credential guards for scoped credential override with automatic
restoration on scope exit.

Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
---
 fs/smb/client/cifs_spnego.c | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/smb/client/cifs_spnego.c b/fs/smb/client/cifs_spnego.c
index 9891f55bac1e..da935bd1ce87 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/cifs_spnego.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/cifs_spnego.c
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ cifs_get_spnego_key(struct cifs_ses *sesInfo,
 	size_t desc_len;
 	struct key *spnego_key;
 	const char *hostname = server->hostname;
-	const struct cred *saved_cred;
 
 	/* length of fields (with semicolons): ver=0xyz ip4=ipaddress
 	   host=hostname sec=mechanism uid=0xFF user=username */
@@ -158,9 +157,8 @@ cifs_get_spnego_key(struct cifs_ses *sesInfo,
 		dp += sprintf(dp, ";upcall_target=app");
 
 	cifs_dbg(FYI, "key description = %s\n", description);
-	saved_cred = override_creds(spnego_cred);
-	spnego_key = request_key(&cifs_spnego_key_type, description, "");
-	revert_creds(saved_cred);
+	scoped_with_creds(spnego_cred)
+		spnego_key = request_key(&cifs_spnego_key_type, description, "");
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_DEBUG2
 	if (cifsFYI && !IS_ERR(spnego_key)) {

-- 
2.47.3