From: Bernd Edlinger <bernd.edlinger@xxxxxxxxxx> commit 5bf2fedca8f59379025b0d52f917b9ddb9bfe17e upstream. 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> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/AM8PR10MB470871DEBD1DED081F9CC391E4389@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/exec.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/fs/exec.c +++ b/fs/exec.c @@ -1198,11 +1198,11 @@ static int unshare_sighand(struct task_s 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);