linux-kernel - [PATCH -mm] do_wait-fix-security-checks-fix

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Date:	Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:50:53 +0300
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>,
	Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH -mm] do_wait-fix-security-checks-fix

On 11/24, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
>
> -		if (!flag) {
> +		if (flag)
> +			continue;

This "last obvious cleanup right before sending the patch" is terribly wrong,
we can't continue, we must advance the tsk to the next_thread().

Please apply.

--- PT/kernel/exit.c~SEC_FIX	2007-11-26 17:10:41.000000000 +0300
+++ PT/kernel/exit.c	2007-11-27 20:41:10.000000000 +0300
@@ -1527,16 +1527,17 @@ repeat:
 			if (retval != 0) /* tasklist_lock released */
 				goto end;
 		}
-		if (flag)
-			continue;
-		list_for_each_entry(p, &tsk->ptrace_children, ptrace_list) {
-			flag = eligible_child(pid, options, p);
-			if (!flag)
-				continue;
-			if (likely(flag > 0))
-				break;
-			retval = flag;
-			goto end;
+		if (!flag) {
+			list_for_each_entry(p, &tsk->ptrace_children,
+								ptrace_list) {
+				flag = eligible_child(pid, options, p);
+				if (!flag)
+					continue;
+				if (likely(flag > 0))
+					break;
+				retval = flag;
+				goto end;
+			}
 		}
 		if (options & __WNOTHREAD)
 			break;

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