CRED: Must initialise the new creds in prepare_kernel_cred()

[linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git] / kernel / cred.c

diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c
index ff7bc071991c3dd008f5d67078bfde1cefb46bf4..043f78c133c46ccbfe4a56bcbf92b35e57f92018 100644 (file)
--- a/kernel/cred.c
+++ b/kernel/cred.c
@@ -506,6 +506,7 @@ struct cred *prepare_kernel_cred(struct task_struct *daemon)
        else
                old = get_cred(&init_cred);
 
+       *new = *old;
        get_uid(new->user);
        get_group_info(new->group_info);
 
@@ -529,6 +530,7 @@ struct cred *prepare_kernel_cred(struct task_struct *daemon)
 
 error:
        put_cred(new);
+       put_cred(old);
        return NULL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(prepare_kernel_cred);