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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/cred.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/cred.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c index 3bd40de9e192..12a656217a70 100644 --- a/kernel/cred.c +++ b/kernel/cred.c @@ -1,12 +1,8 @@ +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later /* Task credentials management - see Documentation/security/credentials.rst * * Copyright (C) 2008 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved. * Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com) - * - * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or - * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence - * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version - * 2 of the Licence, or (at your option) any later version. */ #include <linux/export.h> #include <linux/cred.h> @@ -450,6 +446,15 @@ int commit_creds(struct cred *new) if (task->mm) set_dumpable(task->mm, suid_dumpable); task->pdeath_signal = 0; + /* + * If a task drops privileges and becomes nondumpable, + * the dumpability change must become visible before + * the credential change; otherwise, a __ptrace_may_access() + * racing with this change may be able to attach to a task it + * shouldn't be able to attach to (as if the task had dropped + * privileges without becoming nondumpable). + * Pairs with a read barrier in __ptrace_may_access(). + */ smp_wmb(); } |