In preparation for unconditionally copying the whole of siginfo to userspace clear si_sys_private. So this kernel internal value is guaranteed not to make it to userspace. Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/signal.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c index b9e5d825ee46..18aa55c1bb4f 100644 --- a/kernel/signal.c +++ b/kernel/signal.c @@ -643,6 +643,9 @@ int dequeue_signal(struct task_struct *tsk, sigset_t *mask, siginfo_t *info) spin_unlock(&tsk->sighand->siglock); posixtimer_rearm(info); spin_lock(&tsk->sighand->siglock); + + /* Don't expose the si_sys_private value to userspace */ + info->si_sys_private = 0; } #endif return signr; -- 2.14.1
