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kernel/groups.c: fix integer overflow in groups_search
authorJerome Marchand <jmarchan@redhat.com>
Thu, 9 Sep 2010 23:37:59 +0000 (16:37 -0700)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Mon, 20 Sep 2010 20:36:38 +0000 (13:36 -0700)
commit9eca1e9defb46502949e35d1c81ad98d682da9e5
tree52c764152503712f401724400762a95947e9fc29
parent5b253de765e92893bd5431ed995e3ca58bac274c
kernel/groups.c: fix integer overflow in groups_search

commit 1c24de60e50fb19b94d94225458da17c720f0729 upstream.

gid_t is a unsigned int.  If group_info contains a gid greater than
MAX_INT, groups_search() function may look on the wrong side of the search
tree.

This solves some unfair "permission denied" problems.

Signed-off-by: Jerome Marchand <jmarchan@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
kernel/groups.c