[PATCH -next 04/10] uml: Fix unsafe pid reference to foreground process group

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Although the tty core maintains a pid reference for the foreground
process group, if the foreground process group is changed that
pid reference is dropped. Thus, the pid reference used for signalling
could become stale.

Safely obtain a pid reference to the foreground process group and
release the reference after signalling is complete.

cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@xxxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Richard Weinberger <richard@xxxxxx>
cc: user-mode-linux-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 arch/um/drivers/line.c | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/line.c b/arch/um/drivers/line.c
index 8035145..6208702 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/line.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/line.c
@@ -632,6 +632,7 @@ static irqreturn_t winch_interrupt(int irq, void *data)
 	int fd = winch->fd;
 	int err;
 	char c;
+	struct pid *pgrp;
 
 	if (fd != -1) {
 		err = generic_read(fd, &c, NULL);
@@ -657,7 +658,10 @@ static irqreturn_t winch_interrupt(int irq, void *data)
 		if (line != NULL) {
 			chan_window_size(line, &tty->winsize.ws_row,
 					 &tty->winsize.ws_col);
-			kill_pgrp(tty->pgrp, SIGWINCH, 1);
+			pgrp = tty_get_pgrp(tty);
+			if (pgrp)
+				kill_pgrp(pgrp, SIGWINCH, 1);
+			put_pid(pgrp);
 		}
 		tty_kref_put(tty);
 	}
-- 
2.1.1

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