summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/kernel/sys.c
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>2008-11-14 10:39:19 +1100
committerJames Morris <jmorris@namei.org>2008-11-14 10:39:19 +1100
commitc69e8d9c01db2adc503464993c358901c9af9de4 (patch)
treebed94aaa9aeb7a7834d1c880f72b62a11a752c78 /kernel/sys.c
parent86a264abe542cfececb4df129bc45a0338d8cdb9 (diff)
downloadlwn-c69e8d9c01db2adc503464993c358901c9af9de4.tar.gz
lwn-c69e8d9c01db2adc503464993c358901c9af9de4.zip
CRED: Use RCU to access another task's creds and to release a task's own creds
Use RCU to access another task's creds and to release a task's own creds. This means that it will be possible for the credentials of a task to be replaced without another task (a) requiring a full lock to read them, and (b) seeing deallocated memory. Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Acked-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/sys.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/sys.c11
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index c4d6b59553e9..ccc9eb736d35 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -112,14 +112,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(cad_pid);
void (*pm_power_off_prepare)(void);
+/*
+ * set the priority of a task
+ * - the caller must hold the RCU read lock
+ */
static int set_one_prio(struct task_struct *p, int niceval, int error)
{
- uid_t euid = current_euid();
+ const struct cred *cred = current_cred(), *pcred = __task_cred(p);
int no_nice;
- if (p->cred->uid != euid &&
- p->cred->euid != euid &&
- !capable(CAP_SYS_NICE)) {
+ if (pcred->uid != cred->euid &&
+ pcred->euid != cred->euid && !capable(CAP_SYS_NICE)) {
error = -EPERM;
goto out;
}