[RFC PATCH 1/3] lsm: cleanup the size counters in security_getselfattr()

[Mickaël Salaün]

On Tue, Oct 24, 2023 at 05:35:27PM -0400, Paul Moore wrote:
> Zero out all of the size counters in the -E2BIG case (buffer too
> small) to help make the current code a bit more robust in the face of
> future code changes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul at paul-moore.com>

Reviewed-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic at digikod.net>

> ---
>  security/security.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
> index 988483fcf153..9c63acded4ee 100644
> --- a/security/security.c
> +++ b/security/security.c
> @@ -3951,8 +3951,9 @@ int security_getselfattr(unsigned int attr, struct lsm_ctx __user *uctx,
>  			continue;
>  		}
>  		if (rc == -E2BIG) {
> -			toobig = true;
> +			rc = 0;
>  			left = 0;
> +			toobig = true;
>  		} else if (rc < 0)
>  			return rc;
>  		else
> -- 
> 2.42.0
>