Re: [PATCH] Check return from argv_split() in do_coredump().

["Américo Wang" <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 04:00:56PM +0900, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
>Hello.
>
>Am^[$(D+1rico Wang wrote:
>> How about going to the line:
>> 
>>         current->fsuid = fsuid;
>> 
>> ? Because when argv_split() fails, helper_argv is NULL and doesn't need
>> to be checked again.
>
>I didn't understand what you say. I'm saying that
>"do_coredump() may accesss helper_argv[0] when helper_argv == NULL",
>which will result in "NULL pointer dereference" problem.
>Yes, this problem unlikely happens. Thus,
>
>if (!helper_argv)
>	goto fail_unlock;
>
>may be enough.
>

Yes, goto fail_unlock will go to this line:

        if (helper_argv)
	                argv_free(helper_argv);

but in this situation, helper_argv is known as NULL, thus another
check doesn't need. So we can go to the line below, i.e.

fail_unlock:
        if (helper_argv)
	                argv_free(helper_argv);

        current->fsuid = fsuid; //<=== goto this line
        coredump_finish(mm);

You need to add a new label, of course. :)

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