unshare_sighand should only access oldsighand->action while holding oldsighand->siglock, to make sure that newsighand->action is in a consistent state. Signed-off-by: Bernd Edlinger <bernd.edlinger@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/exec.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c index d8af85f..8344fba 100644 --- a/fs/exec.c +++ b/fs/exec.c @@ -1193,11 +1193,11 @@ static int unshare_sighand(struct task_struct *me) return -ENOMEM; refcount_set(&newsighand->count, 1); - memcpy(newsighand->action, oldsighand->action, - sizeof(newsighand->action)); write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock); spin_lock(&oldsighand->siglock); + memcpy(newsighand->action, oldsighand->action, + sizeof(newsighand->action)); rcu_assign_pointer(me->sighand, newsighand); spin_unlock(&oldsighand->siglock); write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock); -- 1.9.1