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authorStephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>2008-12-04 17:33:32 +1100
committerStephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>2008-12-04 17:33:32 +1100
commitb894d099e1cc413305d5a1649816701ec291538d (patch)
tree570196112e04fa091b87be4ba0b84fcb250de53f /kernel/futex_compat.c
parentfc2985800d164066d9fd4ab2334bea6380d4472d (diff)
parent3496f92beb9aa99ef21fccc154a36c7698e9c538 (diff)
Merge commit 'security-testing/next'
Conflicts: fs/cifs/cifs_fs_sb.h fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c fs/ocfs2/namei.c
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/futex_compat.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/futex_compat.c7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/futex_compat.c b/kernel/futex_compat.c
index 04ac3a9e42cf..d607a5b9ee29 100644
--- a/kernel/futex_compat.c
+++ b/kernel/futex_compat.c
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ compat_sys_get_robust_list(int pid, compat_uptr_t __user *head_ptr,
{
struct compat_robust_list_head __user *head;
unsigned long ret;
+ const struct cred *cred = current_cred(), *pcred;
if (!futex_cmpxchg_enabled)
return -ENOSYS;
@@ -150,8 +151,10 @@ compat_sys_get_robust_list(int pid, compat_uptr_t __user *head_ptr,
if (!p)
goto err_unlock;
ret = -EPERM;
- if ((current->euid != p->euid) && (current->euid != p->uid) &&
- !capable(CAP_SYS_PTRACE))
+ pcred = __task_cred(p);
+ if (cred->euid != pcred->euid &&
+ cred->euid != pcred->uid &&
+ !capable(CAP_SYS_PTRACE))
goto err_unlock;
head = p->compat_robust_list;
read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);