[PATCH 1/5] eCryptfs: ecryptfs_keyring_auth_tok_for_sig() bug fix

From: Roberto Sassu
Date: Thu Mar 17 2011 - 07:49:24 EST


The pointer '(*auth_tok_key)' is set to NULL in case request_key() fails,
in order to prevent its use by functions calling
ecryptfs_keyring_auth_tok_for_sig().

Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ecryptfs/keystore.c | 1 +
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/keystore.c b/fs/ecryptfs/keystore.c
index c1436cf..4feb78c 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/keystore.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/keystore.c
@@ -1563,6 +1563,7 @@ int ecryptfs_keyring_auth_tok_for_sig(struct key **auth_tok_key,
printk(KERN_ERR "Could not find key with description: [%s]\n",
sig);
rc = process_request_key_err(PTR_ERR(*auth_tok_key));
+ (*auth_tok_key) = NULL;
goto out;
}
(*auth_tok) = ecryptfs_get_key_payload_data(*auth_tok_key);
--
1.7.4

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