From: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> Annotate struct fs_struct's usage count to indicate the restrictions upon it. It may not be incremented, except by clone(CLONE_FS), as this affects the check in check_unsafe_exec() in fs/exec.c. Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx --- include/linux/fs_struct.h | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- 2.6.29/include/linux/fs_struct.h 2009-03-23 23:12:14.000000000 +0000 +++ linux/include/linux/fs_struct.h 2009-03-28 18:06:02.000000000 +0000 @@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ #include <linux/path.h> struct fs_struct { - atomic_t count; + atomic_t count; /* This usage count is used by check_unsafe_exec() for + * security checking purposes - therefore it may not be + * incremented, except by clone(CLONE_FS). + */ rwlock_t lock; int umask; struct path root, pwd; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html