flat: fix uninitialized ptr with shared libs The new credentials code broke load_flat_shared_library() as it now uses an uninitialized cred pointer. Reported-by: Bernd Schmidt <bernds_cb1@t-online.de> Tested-by: Bernd Schmidt <bernds_cb1@t-online.de> Cc: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_flat.c b/fs/binfmt_flat.c index 697f6b5..e92f229 100644 --- a/fs/binfmt_flat.c +++ b/fs/binfmt_flat.c
@@ -828,15 +828,22 @@ if (IS_ERR(bprm.file)) return res; + bprm.cred = prepare_exec_creds(); + res = -ENOMEM; + if (!bprm.cred) + goto out; + res = prepare_binprm(&bprm); if (res <= (unsigned long)-4096) res = load_flat_file(&bprm, libs, id, NULL); - if (bprm.file) { - allow_write_access(bprm.file); - fput(bprm.file); - bprm.file = NULL; - } + + abort_creds(bprm.cred); + +out: + allow_write_access(bprm.file); + fput(bprm.file); + return(res); }