Re: [PATCH v6 3/7] fs: Add receive_fd() wrapper for __receive_fd()

From: Christian Brauner
Date: Tue Jul 07 2020 - 07:49:30 EST


On Mon, Jul 06, 2020 at 01:17:16PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> For both pidfd and seccomp, the __user pointer is not used. Update
> __receive_fd() to make writing to ufd optional via a NULL check. However,
> for the receive_fd_user() wrapper, ufd is NULL checked so an -EFAULT
> can be returned to avoid changing the SCM_RIGHTS interface behavior. Add
> new wrapper receive_fd() for pidfd and seccomp that does not use the ufd
> argument. For the new helper, the allocated fd needs to be returned on
> success. Update the existing callers to handle it.
>
> Reviewed-by: Sargun Dhillon <sargun@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Hm, I'm not sure why 2/7 and 3/7 aren't just one patch but ok. :)
Acked-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>