2.6.29-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Oleg Nesterov CVE-2009-1337 commit 432870dab85a2f69dc417022646cb9a70acf7f94 upstream. The CAP_KILL check in exit_notify() looks just wrong, kill it. Whatever logic we have to reset ->exit_signal, the malicious user can bypass it if it execs the setuid application before exiting. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov Acked-by: Serge Hallyn Acked-by: Roland McGrath Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- kernel/exit.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/kernel/exit.c +++ b/kernel/exit.c @@ -950,8 +950,7 @@ static void exit_notify(struct task_stru */ if (tsk->exit_signal != SIGCHLD && !task_detached(tsk) && (tsk->parent_exec_id != tsk->real_parent->self_exec_id || - tsk->self_exec_id != tsk->parent_exec_id) && - !capable(CAP_KILL)) + tsk->self_exec_id != tsk->parent_exec_id)) tsk->exit_signal = SIGCHLD; signal = tracehook_notify_death(tsk, &cookie, group_dead); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/