KEYS: Propagate error code instead of returning -EINVAL
authorDan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:30:05 +0000 (17:30 +0100)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Sun, 27 Jun 2010 14:02:34 +0000 (07:02 -0700)
This is from a Smatch check I'm writing.

strncpy_from_user() returns -EFAULT on error so the first change just
silences a warning but doesn't change how the code works.

The other change is a bug fix because install_thread_keyring_to_cred()
can return a variety of errors such as -EINVAL, -EEXIST, -ENOMEM or
-EKEYREVOKED.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
security/keys/keyctl.c

index 13074b4547433ab20929fa493114b507c9e4389f..6261745e44591acd65bb47e18e9f65b9e842bfe5 100644 (file)
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ static int key_get_type_from_user(char *type,
        ret = strncpy_from_user(type, _type, len);
 
        if (ret < 0)
-               return -EFAULT;
+               return ret;
 
        if (ret == 0 || ret >= len)
                return -EINVAL;
@@ -1080,7 +1080,7 @@ set:
        return old_setting;
 error:
        abort_creds(new);
-       return -EINVAL;
+       return ret;
 
 } /* end keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring() */