1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
index f7d34e7b6f81..5ead60550895 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
@@ -447,17 +447,21 @@ static int rsc_parse(struct cache_detail *cd,
         else {
                 int N, i;
 
+                /*
+                 * NOTE: we skip uid_valid()/gid_valid() checks here:
+                 * instead, * -1 id's are later mapped to the
+                 * (export-specific) anonymous id by nfsd_setuser.
+                 *
+                 * (But supplementary gid's get no such special
+                 * treatment so are checked for validity here.)
+                 */
                 /* uid */
                 rsci.cred.cr_uid = make_kuid(&init_user_ns, id);
-                if (!uid_valid(rsci.cred.cr_uid))
-                        goto out;
 
                 /* gid */
                 if (get_int(&mesg, &id))
                         goto out;
                 rsci.cred.cr_gid = make_kgid(&init_user_ns, id);
-                if (!gid_valid(rsci.cred.cr_gid))
-                        goto out;
 
                 /* number of additional gid's */
                 if (get_int(&mesg, &N))