patch-2.4.23 linux-2.4.23/kernel/kmod.c

• Lines: 26
• Date: 2003-11-28 10:26:21.000000000 -0800
• Orig file: linux-2.4.22/kernel/kmod.c
• Orig date: 2002-08-02 17:39:46.000000000 -0700

diff -urN linux-2.4.22/kernel/kmod.c linux-2.4.23/kernel/kmod.c
@@ -119,19 +119,14 @@
 		if (curtask->files->fd[i]) close(i);
 	}
 
-	/* Drop the "current user" thing */
-	{
-		struct user_struct *user = curtask->user;
-		curtask->user = INIT_USER;
-		atomic_inc(&INIT_USER->__count);
-		atomic_inc(&INIT_USER->processes);
-		atomic_dec(&user->processes);
-		free_uid(user);
-	}
+	switch_uid(INIT_USER);
 
 	/* Give kmod all effective privileges.. */
-	curtask->euid = curtask->fsuid = 0;
-	curtask->egid = curtask->fsgid = 0;
+	curtask->euid = curtask->uid = curtask->suid = curtask->fsuid = 0;
+	curtask->egid = curtask->gid = curtask->sgid = curtask->fsgid = 0;
+
+	curtask->ngroups = 0;
+
 	cap_set_full(curtask->cap_effective);
 
 	/* Allow execve args to be in kernel space. */