Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] tun: tun_chr_open(): correctly initialize socket uid

From: Stephen Hemminger
Date: Tue Jan 31 2023 - 22:11:03 EST


On Wed, 01 Feb 2023 00:35:45 +0000
Pietro Borrello <borrello@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
> index a7d17c680f4a..6713fffb1488 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/tun.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
> @@ -3450,6 +3450,11 @@ static int tun_chr_open(struct inode *inode, struct file * file)
>
> sock_init_data(&tfile->socket, &tfile->sk);
>
> + // sock_init_data initializes sk.sk_uid assuming tfile->socket is embedded
> + // in a struct socket_alloc and reading its corresponding inode. Since we
> + // pass a socket contained in a struct tun_file we have to fix this manually
> + tfile->sk.sk_uid = inode->i_uid;
> +

Do not use C++ style comments in the kernel.

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