Re: kern/38174: kauth_cred_t interpreted outside of kauth

[Elad Efrat <elad%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/38174; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Elad Efrat <elad%NetBSD.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: kern/38174: kauth_cred_t interpreted outside of kauth
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:02:37 +0200

 pooka%iki.fi@localhost wrote:
 >> Number:         38174
 >> Category:       kern
 >> Synopsis:       kauth_cred_t interpreted outside of kauth
 >> Confidential:   no
 >> Severity:       non-critical
 >> Priority:       medium
 >> Responsible:    kern-bug-people
 >> State:          open
 >> Class:          sw-bug
 >> Submitter-Id:   net
 >> Arrival-Date:   Wed Mar 05 14:50:00 +0000 2008
 >> Originator:     Antti Kantee
 >> Release:        
 >> Organization:
 >> Environment:
 >> Description:
 > NOCRED and FSCRED are being interpreted outside of kauth.
 >> How-To-Repeat:
 > grep, especially file system code, e.g:
 > 
 >        if (cred == NOCRED)
 >                 panic("ffs_alloc: missing credential");
 > 
 >> Fix:
 > Move handling inside kauth.
 > 
 > 
 
 Aren't they used to indicate the request is coming from the kernel?
 
 See kern_auth.c revision 1.17.
 
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