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exec: clarify reasoning for euid/egid reset

This section of code initially looks redundant, but is required. This
improves the comment to explain more clearly why the reset is needed.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Acked-by: Serge E. Hallyn <serge.hallyn@ubuntu.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Kees Cook 9 years ago
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      fs/exec.c

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fs/exec.c

@@ -1387,7 +1387,12 @@ static void bprm_fill_uid(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 	kuid_t uid;
 	kuid_t uid;
 	kgid_t gid;
 	kgid_t gid;
 
 
-	/* clear any previous set[ug]id data from a previous binary */
+	/*
+	 * Since this can be called multiple times (via prepare_binprm),
+	 * we must clear any previous work done when setting set[ug]id
+	 * bits from any earlier bprm->file uses (for example when run
+	 * first for a setuid script then again for its interpreter).
+	 */
 	bprm->cred->euid = current_euid();
 	bprm->cred->euid = current_euid();
 	bprm->cred->egid = current_egid();
 	bprm->cred->egid = current_egid();