Re: [PATCH] capabilities: fix sys_prctl() returned uninitializedvalue

[Serge E. Hallyn]

Quoting Shi Weihua (shiwh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx):
> When we test kernel by the latest LTP(20080430) on ia64,
> the following failure occured:
> -------------------------------------
> prctl01     1  PASS  :  Test Passed
> prctl01     0  WARN  :  prctl() returned 2048 errno = 0 : Success
> prctl01     1  PASS  :  Test Passed
> prctl01     2  FAIL  :  Test Failed
> -------------------------------------
> 
> We found commit 3898b1b4ebff8dcfbcf1807e0661585e06c9a91c
> causes this failure by git-bisect.
> And, we found *rc_p has not been initialized if switch-default 
> of the function cap_task_prctl()(security/commoncap.c). When *rc_p
> uninitialized, sys_prctl() will return a wrong value.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shi Weihua <shiwh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
> ---
> diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c
> index 5edabc7..a4b28c8 100644
> --- a/security/commoncap.c
> +++ b/security/commoncap.c
> @@ -649,6 +649,7 @@ int cap_task_prctl(int option, unsigned long arg2, unsigned long arg3,
> 
>  	default:
>  		/* No functionality available - continue with default */
> +		*rc_p = 0;
>  		return 0;
>  	}

No, this case here means that the capability module is not taking
responsibility for this call.  So it should not be setting rc_p.

So you'll want to find another path in kernel/sys.c:sys_prctl()
where error doesn't get set.  Do you know what 'i' was in prctl01
at the time of failure?

For instance, I notice that PR_SET_DUMPABLE doesn't set the value
of error if arg2 is valid.  Also PR_SET_NAME and PR_GET_NAME
don't set error.

-serge
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