The patch titled ptrace: do_notify_parent_cldstop: fix the wrong ->nsproxy usage has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is ptrace-do_notify_parent_cldstop-fix-the-wrong-nsproxy-usage.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: ptrace: do_notify_parent_cldstop: fix the wrong ->nsproxy usage From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> If the non-traced sub-thread calls do_notify_parent_cldstop(), we send the notification to group_leader->real_parent and we report group_leader's pid. But, if group_leader is traced we use the wrong ->parent->nsproxy->pid_ns, the tracer and parent can live in different namespaces. Change the code to use "parent" instead of tsk->parent. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Roland McGrath <roland@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/signal.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN kernel/signal.c~ptrace-do_notify_parent_cldstop-fix-the-wrong-nsproxy-usage kernel/signal.c --- a/kernel/signal.c~ptrace-do_notify_parent_cldstop-fix-the-wrong-nsproxy-usage +++ a/kernel/signal.c @@ -1494,7 +1494,7 @@ static void do_notify_parent_cldstop(str * see comment in do_notify_parent() abot the following 3 lines */ rcu_read_lock(); - info.si_pid = task_pid_nr_ns(tsk, tsk->parent->nsproxy->pid_ns); + info.si_pid = task_pid_nr_ns(tsk, parent->nsproxy->pid_ns); info.si_uid = __task_cred(tsk)->uid; rcu_read_unlock(); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from oleg@xxxxxxxxxx are linux-next.patch slow_work_thread-should-do-the-exclusive-wait.patch rework-fix-is_single_threaded.patch getrusage-fill-ru_maxrss-value.patch allow_signal-kill-the-bogus-mm-check-add-a-note-about-clone_sighand.patch ptrace-remove-pt_dtrace-from-arch-h8300.patch ptrace-remove-pt_dtrace-from-avr32-mn10300-parisc-s390-sh-xtensa.patch ptrace-remove-pt_dtrace-from-m68k-m68knommu.patch ptrace-remove-pt_dtrace-from-arch-m32r.patch ptrace-mm_need_new_owner-use-real_parent-to-search-in-the-siblings.patch ptrace-tracehook_unsafe_exec-remove-the-stale-comment.patch ptrace-tracehook_unsafe_exec-remove-the-stale-comment-fix.patch ptrace-do-not-use-task-ptrace-directly-in-core-kernel.patch ptrace-ptrace_attach-check-pf_kthread-exit_state-instead-of-mm.patch ptrace-cleanup-check-set-of-pt_ptraced-during-attach.patch ptrace-do-not-use-task_lock-for-attach.patch ptrace_get_task_struct-s-tasklist-rcu-make-it-static.patch ptrace-wait_task_zombie-s-parent-real_parent.patch ptrace-do_notify_parent_cldstop-fix-the-wrong-nsproxy-usage.patch signals-tracehook_notify_jctl-change.patch utrace-core.patch copy_process-remove-the-unneeded-clear_tsk_thread_flagtif_sigpending.patch elf_core_dump-use-rcu_read_lock-to-access-real_parent.patch shift-ptrace-implies-wuntraced-from-ptrace_do_wait-to-wait_task_stopped.patch introduce-struct-wait_opts-to-simplify-do_wait-pathes.patch do_wait-simplify-retval-tsk_result-notask_error-mess.patch do_wait-kill-the-old-bug_on-use-while_each_thread.patch do_wait-fix-the-theoretical-race-with-stop-trace-cont.patch mm-exitc-reorder-wait_opts-to-remove-padding-on-64-bit-builds.patch wait_task_-cleanups-split-wait_noreap_copyout.patch wait_task_-cleanups-use-copy_wait_opts_to_user-in-wait_task_stopped.patch wait_task_-cleanups-use-copy_wait_opts_to_user-in-do_wait.patch wait_task_-cleanups-use-copy_wait_opts_to_user-in-wait_task_zombie.patch wait_task_-cleanups-use-copy_wait_opts_to_user-in-wait_task_continued.patch kthreads-simplify-the-startup-synchronization.patch kthreads-rework-kthread_stop.patch kthreads-simplify-migration_thread-exit-path.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html