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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-06-11 23:31:52 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-06-11 23:31:52 +0200
commit0d5959723e1db3fd7323c198a50c16cecf96c7a9 (patch)
tree802b623fff261ebcbbddadf84af5524398364a18 /fs/proc/base.c
parent62fdac5913f71f8f200bd2c9bd59a02e9a1498e9 (diff)
parent512626a04e72aca60effe111fa0333ed0b195d21 (diff)
Merge branch 'linus' into x86/mce3
Conflicts: arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_64.c arch/x86/kernel/irq.c Merge reason: Resolve the conflicts above. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/proc/base.c')
-rw-r--r--fs/proc/base.c6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 3326bbf9ab9..1539e630c47 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -2128,9 +2128,15 @@ static ssize_t proc_pid_attr_write(struct file * file, const char __user * buf,
if (copy_from_user(page, buf, count))
goto out_free;
+ /* Guard against adverse ptrace interaction */
+ length = mutex_lock_interruptible(&task->cred_guard_mutex);
+ if (length < 0)
+ goto out_free;
+
length = security_setprocattr(task,
(char*)file->f_path.dentry->d_name.name,
(void*)page, count);
+ mutex_unlock(&task->cred_guard_mutex);
out_free:
free_page((unsigned long) page);
out: