alloc_bprm() starts with do_open_execat() and it will do the right thing if given ERR_PTR() for name. Allows to drop such checks in its callers... Signed-off-by: Al Viro --- fs/exec.c | 17 +++-------------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c index 5b4110c7522e..1473e8c06a8c 100644 --- a/fs/exec.c +++ b/fs/exec.c @@ -1782,9 +1782,6 @@ static int do_execveat_common(int fd, struct filename *filename, struct linux_binprm *bprm; int retval; - if (IS_ERR(filename)) - return PTR_ERR(filename); - /* * We move the actual failure in case of RLIMIT_NPROC excess from * set*uid() to execve() because too many poorly written programs @@ -1862,7 +1859,6 @@ static int do_execveat_common(int fd, struct filename *filename, int kernel_execve(const char *kernel_filename, const char *const *argv, const char *const *envp) { - struct filename *filename; struct linux_binprm *bprm; int fd = AT_FDCWD; int retval; @@ -1871,15 +1867,10 @@ int kernel_execve(const char *kernel_filename, if (WARN_ON_ONCE(current->flags & PF_KTHREAD)) return -EINVAL; - filename = getname_kernel(kernel_filename); - if (IS_ERR(filename)) - return PTR_ERR(filename); - + CLASS(filename_kernel, filename)(kernel_filename); bprm = alloc_bprm(fd, filename, 0); - if (IS_ERR(bprm)) { - retval = PTR_ERR(bprm); - goto out_ret; - } + if (IS_ERR(bprm)) + return PTR_ERR(bprm); retval = count_strings_kernel(argv); if (WARN_ON_ONCE(retval == 0)) @@ -1913,8 +1904,6 @@ int kernel_execve(const char *kernel_filename, retval = bprm_execve(bprm); out_free: free_bprm(bprm); -out_ret: - putname(filename); return retval; } -- 2.47.3