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CRED: Fix commit_creds() on a process that has no mm
authorDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Thu, 8 Jan 2009 11:18:31 +0000 (11:18 +0000)
committerJames Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Thu, 8 Jan 2009 12:13:56 +0000 (23:13 +1100)
commitb9456371a73871d001e67b5f4eac118c2c278e1c
tree1bfe87d83dc3d7f34b9d7edf9a9ef3a693afcf29tree | snapshot
parent9e42d0cf5020aaf217433cad1a224745241d212acommit | diff
CRED: Fix commit_creds() on a process that has no mm

Fix commit_creds()'s handling of a process that has no mm (such as one that is
calling or has called daemonize()).  commit_creds() should check to see if
task->mm is not NULL before calling set_dumpable() on it.

Reported-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
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