1 files changed, 18 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_generic.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_generic.c
index 744b79fdcb19..4028502f0528 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_generic.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_generic.c
@@ -133,13 +133,29 @@ static int
 generic_match(struct auth_cred *acred, struct rpc_cred *cred, int flags)
 {
         struct generic_cred *gcred = container_of(cred, struct generic_cred, gc_base);
+        int i;
 
         if (gcred->acred.uid != acred->uid ||
             gcred->acred.gid != acred->gid ||
-            gcred->acred.group_info != acred->group_info ||
             gcred->acred.machine_cred != acred->machine_cred)
-                return 0;
+                goto out_nomatch;
+
+        /* Optimisation in the case where pointers are identical... */
+        if (gcred->acred.group_info == acred->group_info)
+                goto out_match;
+
+        /* Slow path... */
+        if (gcred->acred.group_info->ngroups != acred->group_info->ngroups)
+                goto out_nomatch;
+        for (i = 0; i < gcred->acred.group_info->ngroups; i++) {
+                if (GROUP_AT(gcred->acred.group_info, i) !=
+                                GROUP_AT(acred->group_info, i))
+                        goto out_nomatch;
+        }
+out_match:
         return 1;
+out_nomatch:
+        return 0;
 }
 
 void __init rpc_init_generic_auth(void)