linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] CRED: ptrace_attach() should use the target process's mutex

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Date:	Thu, 2 Oct 2008 09:23:59 +1000 (EST)
From:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
cc:	penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp, serue@...ibm.com,
	haradats@...il.com, k.takeda26@...il.com,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] CRED: ptrace_attach() should use the target process's
 mutex

On Wed, 1 Oct 2008, David Howells wrote:

> ptrace_attach() should use the target process's mutex when attaching to it,
> not the current (tracer) process's mutex.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>

Applied to:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/security-testing-2.6#next-creds-subsys


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