[PATCHv4 3/3]posix_acl: Add the acl pointer check

From: liu weni
Date: Mon Dec 28 2009 - 18:37:12 EST


While the acl pointer is IS_ERR, We cannot get the correct return.

And the acl pointer is NULL. Oh, my god! The FOREACH_ACL_ENTRY will
call that.

---

Signed-off-by: Liuwenyi <qingshenlwy@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


---
diff --git a/fs/posix_acl.c b/fs/posix_acl.c
index 39df95a..4e0261b 100644
--- a/fs/posix_acl.c
+++ b/fs/posix_acl.c
@@ -213,6 +213,12 @@ posix_acl_permission(struct inode *inode, const
struct posix_acl *acl, int want)
const struct posix_acl_entry *pa, *pe, *mask_obj;
int found = 0;

+ if (!acl)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ if (IS_ERR(acl))
+ return PTR_ERR(acl);
+
FOREACH_ACL_ENTRY(pa, acl, pe) {
switch(pa->e_tag) {
case ACL_USER_OBJ:
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