commit | 1c24de60e50fb19b94d94225458da17c720f0729 | [log] [tgz] |
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author | Jerome Marchand <jmarchan@redhat.com> | Thu Sep 09 16:37:59 2010 -0700 |
committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | Thu Sep 09 18:57:24 2010 -0700 |
tree | a225907a1b341f629037805f086add137e176f4a | |
parent | 94131e174fedd9f3f9bb148cee4be12f2d46d68e [diff] |
kernel/groups.c: fix integer overflow in groups_search 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> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>