From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756557AbZGBVbp (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Jul 2009 17:31:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754715AbZGBVbh (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Jul 2009 17:31:37 -0400 Received: from mx2.redhat.com ([66.187.237.31]:36594 "EHLO mx2.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754480AbZGBVbh (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Jul 2009 17:31:37 -0400 Organization: Red Hat UK Ltd. Registered Address: Red Hat UK Ltd, Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SI4 1TE, United Kingdom. Registered in England and Wales under Company Registration No. 3798903 From: David Howells In-Reply-To: <20090702203937.GA10504@fieldses.org> References: <20090702203937.GA10504@fieldses.org> <20090702133532.28297.89635.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> To: "J. Bruce Fields" Cc: dhowells@redhat.com, steved@redhat.com, rasmus@msconsult.dk, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] NFSD: Don't hold unrefcounted creds over call to nfsd_setuser() Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:31:33 +0100 Message-ID: <575.1246570293@redhat.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org J. Bruce Fields wrote: > Got it, thanks. How easy is it to hit this case? (Just wondering > whether to submit for stable.) Actually, one of the problems with it is that the file is opened using the old creds, cached across the call to nfsd_setuser(). David