Re: [PATCH] NFSD: Don't hold unrefcounted creds over call to nfsd_setuser()

From: David Howells
Date: Thu Jul 02 2009 - 17:31:50 EST


J. Bruce Fields <bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Got it, thanks. How easy is it to hit this case? (Just wondering
> whether to submit for stable.)

Actually, one of the problems with it is that the file is opened using the old
creds, cached across the call to nfsd_setuser().

David
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