The patch titled
proc-fix-races-against-execve-of-proc-pid-fd-fix
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proc-fix-races-against-execve-of-proc-pid-fd-fix.patch
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Subject: proc-fix-races-against-execve-of-proc-pid-fd-fix
From: Vasiliy Kulikov <segooon@xxxxxxxxx>
In the patch "proc: fix races against execve() of /proc/PID/fd**"
proc_pid_fd_link_getattr() leaked task_struct if ptrace check fails.
Signed-off-by: Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/proc/base.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN fs/proc/base.c~proc-fix-races-against-execve-of-proc-pid-fd-fix fs/proc/base.c
--- a/fs/proc/base.c~proc-fix-races-against-execve-of-proc-pid-fd-fix
+++ a/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -1681,9 +1681,9 @@ static int proc_pid_fd_link_getattr(stru
generic_fillattr(inode, stat);
unlock_trace(task);
- put_task_struct(task);
rc = 0;
out_task:
+ put_task_struct(task);
return rc;
}
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from segooon@xxxxxxxxx are
proc-fix-races-against-execve-of-proc-pid-fd-fix.patch
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