Re: Backport of 8b01fc86b9 (take i_mutex during ...) for 3.14.y

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On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 01:55:10PM -0600, Chas Williams III wrote:
> Hello, this is a backport of 8b01fc86b9 for 3.14.y.  Please
> apply as this addresses CVE-2015-3339.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> From: Jann Horn <jann@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2015 02:48:39 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] fs: take i_mutex during prepare_binprm for set[ug]id
>  executables
> 
> This prevents a race between chown() and execve(), where chowning a
> setuid-user binary to root would momentarily make the binary setuid
> root.
> 
> This patch was mostly written by Linus Torvalds.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jann@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> [ciwillia@xxxxxxxxxxx: backport to 3.14: context]
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