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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/proc/base.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/proc/base.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c index 1485e38daaa3..03c8d747be48 100644 --- a/fs/proc/base.c +++ b/fs/proc/base.c @@ -1151,10 +1151,16 @@ static ssize_t proc_loginuid_write(struct file * file, const char __user * buf, goto out_free_page; } - kloginuid = make_kuid(file->f_cred->user_ns, loginuid); - if (!uid_valid(kloginuid)) { - length = -EINVAL; - goto out_free_page; + + /* is userspace tring to explicitly UNSET the loginuid? */ + if (loginuid == AUDIT_UID_UNSET) { + kloginuid = INVALID_UID; + } else { + kloginuid = make_kuid(file->f_cred->user_ns, loginuid); + if (!uid_valid(kloginuid)) { + length = -EINVAL; + goto out_free_page; + } } length = audit_set_loginuid(kloginuid); |