Re: [PATCH] debugfs: convert gid= argument from decimal, not octal

From: Kees Cook
Date: Wed Jan 02 2013 - 13:42:08 EST


On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 10:33 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 02, 2013 at 08:54:37AM -0500, Dave Reisner wrote:
>> This patch technically breaks userspace, but I suspect that anyone who
>> actually used this flag would have encountered this brokenness, declared
>> it lunacy, and already sent a patch.
>
> Kees is the one that originally did this change (I think, right?)

I recommended the default change, but I think it was Vasiliy that
added the gid option, IIRC.

> Kees, any objection to this patch? Will it break your existing systems?

Regardless, I have no objection -- this should be int, not octal.

-Kees

>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
>
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Dave Reisner <dreisner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> fs/debugfs/inode.c | 2 +-
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/debugfs/inode.c b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
>> index 153bb1e..a5f12b7 100644
>> --- a/fs/debugfs/inode.c
>> +++ b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
>> @@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ static int debugfs_parse_options(char *data, struct debugfs_mount_opts *opts)
>> opts->uid = uid;
>> break;
>> case Opt_gid:
>> - if (match_octal(&args[0], &option))
>> + if (match_int(&args[0], &option))
>> return -EINVAL;
>> gid = make_kgid(current_user_ns(), option);
>> if (!gid_valid(gid))
>> --
>> 1.8.0.3



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Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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