rc = string_to_context_struct(args->newp, NULL, s,
newc, SECSID_NULL);
if (rc == -EINVAL) {
- /* Retain string representation for later mapping. */
+ /*
+ * Retain string representation for later mapping.
+ *
+ * IMPORTANT: We need to copy the contents of oldc->str
+ * back into s again because string_to_context_struct()
+ * may have garbled it.
+ */
+ memcpy(s, oldc->str, oldc->len);
context_init(newc);
newc->str = s;
newc->len = oldc->len;