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[PATCH 3.12 112/116] do_last(): don't let a bogus return value from ->open() et.al. to confuse us

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  [PATCH 3.12 112/116] do_last(): don't let a bogus return value from ->open() et.al. to confuse us Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-03-04 10:10 +0100

#1349969 — [PATCH 3.12 112/116] do_last(): don't let a bogus return value from ->open() et.al. to confuse us

From: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

3.12-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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commit c80567c82ae4814a41287618e315a60ecf513be6 upstream.

... into returning a positive to path_openat(), which would interpret that
as "symlink had been encountered" and proceed to corrupt memory, etc.
It can only happen due to a bug in some ->open() instance or in some LSM
hook, etc., so we report any such event *and* make sure it doesn't trick
us into further unpleasantness.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>
---
 fs/namei.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index d1c0b91b4534..b1b1781faca1 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -3116,6 +3116,10 @@ opened:
 			goto exit_fput;
 	}
 out:
+	if (unlikely(error > 0)) {
+		WARN_ON(1);
+		error = -EINVAL;
+	}
 	if (got_write)
 		mnt_drop_write(nd->path.mnt);
 	path_put(&save_parent);
-- 
2.7.2

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