From b4b7ff4b08e691656c9d77c758fc355833128ac0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: André Fabian Silva Delgado Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 14:01:31 -0300 Subject: Linux-libre 4.4-gnu --- fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c | 14 +++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'fs/notify/inotify') diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c index 5b1e2a497..b8d08d0d0 100644 --- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c +++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c @@ -706,7 +706,19 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(inotify_add_watch, int, fd, const char __user *, pathname, int ret; unsigned flags = 0; - /* don't allow invalid bits: we don't want flags set */ + /* + * We share a lot of code with fs/dnotify. We also share + * the bit layout between inotify's IN_* and the fsnotify + * FS_*. This check ensures that only the inotify IN_* + * bits get passed in and set in watches/events. + */ + if (unlikely(mask & ~ALL_INOTIFY_BITS)) + return -EINVAL; + /* + * Require at least one valid bit set in the mask. + * Without _something_ set, we would have no events to + * watch for. + */ if (unlikely(!(mask & ALL_INOTIFY_BITS))) return -EINVAL; -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf