Merge commit 'v2.6.38-rc4' into x86/cpu

Merge reason: pick up the latest fixes.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c
index 6a1aa004e376..3a9d6dd53a6c 100644
--- a/kernel/cred.c
+++ b/kernel/cred.c
@@ -252,13 +252,13 @@ struct cred *cred_alloc_blank(void)
 #endif
 
         atomic_set(&new->usage, 1);
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_CREDENTIALS
+        new->magic = CRED_MAGIC;
+#endif
 
         if (security_cred_alloc_blank(new, GFP_KERNEL) < 0)
                 goto error;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_CREDENTIALS
-        new->magic = CRED_MAGIC;
-#endif
         return new;
 
 error:
@@ -657,6 +657,8 @@ struct cred *prepare_kernel_cred(struct task_struct *daemon)
         validate_creds(old);
 
         *new = *old;
+        atomic_set(&new->usage, 1);
+        set_cred_subscribers(new, 0);
         get_uid(new->user);
         get_group_info(new->group_info);
 
@@ -674,8 +676,6 @@ struct cred *prepare_kernel_cred(struct task_struct *daemon)
         if (security_prepare_creds(new, old, GFP_KERNEL) < 0)
                 goto error;
 
-        atomic_set(&new->usage, 1);
-        set_cred_subscribers(new, 0);
         put_cred(old);
         validate_creds(new);
         return new;
@@ -748,7 +748,11 @@ bool creds_are_invalid(const struct cred *cred)
         if (cred->magic != CRED_MAGIC)
                 return true;
 #ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX
-        if (selinux_is_enabled()) {
+        /*
+         * cred->security == NULL if security_cred_alloc_blank() or
+         * security_prepare_creds() returned an error.
+         */
+        if (selinux_is_enabled() && cred->security) {
                 if ((unsigned long) cred->security < PAGE_SIZE)
                         return true;
                 if ((*(u32 *)cred->security & 0xffffff00) ==