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In commit221af7f87b("Split 'flush_old_exec' into two functions"), the comment about the point of no return should have stayed in flush_old_exec() since it refers to "bprm->mm = NULL;" line, but prior changes in commitsc89681ed7d("remove steal_locks()"), andfd8328be87("sanitize handling of shared descriptor tables in failing execve()") made it look like it meant the current->sas_ss_sp line instead. The comment was referring to the fact that once bprm->mm is NULL, all failures from a binfmt load_binary hook (e.g. load_elf_binary), will get SEGV raised against current. Move this comment and expand the explanation a bit, putting it above the assignment this time, and add details about the true nature of "point of no return" being the call to flush_old_exec() itself. This also removes an erroneous commet about when credentials are being installed. That has its own dedicated function, install_exec_creds(), which carries a similar (and correct) comment, so remove the bogus comment where installation is not actually happening. Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Acked-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com>
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