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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/exit.c | 30 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c index 1e909826a804..a2af6cac823c 100644 --- a/kernel/exit.c +++ b/kernel/exit.c @@ -1199,14 +1199,10 @@ static int eligible_child(enum pid_type type, struct pid *pid, int options, return 0; err = security_task_wait(p); - if (likely(!err)) - return 1; + if (err) + return err; - if (type != PIDTYPE_PID) - return 0; - /* This child was explicitly requested, abort */ - read_unlock(&tasklist_lock); - return err; + return 1; } static int wait_noreap_copyout(struct task_struct *p, pid_t pid, uid_t uid, @@ -1536,7 +1532,8 @@ static int wait_task_continued(struct task_struct *p, int options, * -ECHILD should be in *@notask_error before the first call. * Returns nonzero for a final return, when we have unlocked tasklist_lock. * Returns zero if the search for a child should continue; - * then *@notask_error is 0 if @p is an eligible child, or still -ECHILD. + * then *@notask_error is 0 if @p is an eligible child, + * or another error from security_task_wait(), or still -ECHILD. */ static int wait_consider_task(struct task_struct *parent, int ptrace, struct task_struct *p, int *notask_error, @@ -1545,9 +1542,21 @@ static int wait_consider_task(struct task_struct *parent, int ptrace, int __user *stat_addr, struct rusage __user *ru) { int ret = eligible_child(type, pid, options, p); - if (ret <= 0) + if (!ret) return ret; + if (unlikely(ret < 0)) { + /* + * If we have not yet seen any eligible child, + * then let this error code replace -ECHILD. + * A permission error will give the user a clue + * to look for security policy problems, rather + * than for mysterious wait bugs. + */ + if (*notask_error) + *notask_error = ret; + } + if (likely(!ptrace) && unlikely(p->ptrace)) { /* * This child is hidden by ptrace. @@ -1585,7 +1594,8 @@ static int wait_consider_task(struct task_struct *parent, int ptrace, * -ECHILD should be in *@notask_error before the first call. * Returns nonzero for a final return, when we have unlocked tasklist_lock. * Returns zero if the search for a child should continue; then - * *@notask_error is 0 if there were any eligible children, or still -ECHILD. + * *@notask_error is 0 if there were any eligible children, + * or another error from security_task_wait(), or still -ECHILD. */ static int do_wait_thread(struct task_struct *tsk, int *notask_error, enum pid_type type, struct pid *pid, int options, |