[PATCH] security: inode: fix a missing check for securityfs_create_file

From: Kangjie Lu
Date: Fri Mar 15 2019 - 17:00:58 EST


securityfs_create_file may fail. The fix checks its status and
returns the error code upstream if it fails.

Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@xxxxxxx>

---
Return the exact error code upstream.
---
security/inode.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/security/inode.c b/security/inode.c
index b7772a9b315e..667f8b15027d 100644
--- a/security/inode.c
+++ b/security/inode.c
@@ -339,6 +339,11 @@ static int __init securityfs_init(void)
#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY
lsm_dentry = securityfs_create_file("lsm", 0444, NULL, NULL,
&lsm_ops);
+ if (IS_ERR(lsm_dentry)) {
+ unregister_filesystem(&fs_type);
+ sysfs_remove_mount_point(kernel_kobj, "security");
+ return PTR_ERR(lsm_dentry);
+ }
#endif
return 0;
}
--
2.17.1