Update Linux to v5.10.157
Sourced from [1]
[1] https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/linux-5.10.157.tar.xz
Signed-off-by: Olivier Deprez <olivier.deprez@arm.com>
Change-Id: I7b30d9e98d8c465d6b44de8e7433b4a40b3289ba
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c
index 1372f40..a4dd500 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c
@@ -793,6 +793,8 @@
size_t offset, u32 opt_flags)
{
struct firmware *fw = NULL;
+ struct cred *kern_cred = NULL;
+ const struct cred *old_cred;
bool nondirect = false;
int ret;
@@ -809,6 +811,18 @@
if (ret <= 0) /* error or already assigned */
goto out;
+ /*
+ * We are about to try to access the firmware file. Because we may have been
+ * called by a driver when serving an unrelated request from userland, we use
+ * the kernel credentials to read the file.
+ */
+ kern_cred = prepare_kernel_cred(NULL);
+ if (!kern_cred) {
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ goto out;
+ }
+ old_cred = override_creds(kern_cred);
+
ret = fw_get_filesystem_firmware(device, fw->priv, "", NULL);
/* Only full reads can support decompression, platform, and sysfs. */
@@ -834,6 +848,9 @@
} else
ret = assign_fw(fw, device);
+ revert_creds(old_cred);
+ put_cred(kern_cred);
+
out:
if (ret < 0) {
fw_abort_batch_reqs(fw);