linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2] signals: sys_ssetmask() uses uninitialized newmask

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Date:	Sat, 5 Jan 2013 19:13:13 +0100
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	CAI Qian <caiqian@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Linda Wang <lwang@...hat.com>, Matt Zywusko <mzywusko@...hat.com>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] signals: sys_ssetmask() uses uninitialized newmask

77097ae5 "most of set_current_blocked() callers want SIGKILL/SIGSTOP
removed from set" removed the initialization of newmask by accident,
restore.

Reported-by: CAI Qian <caiqian@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc: stable@...nel.org	# v3.5+
---
 kernel/signal.c |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 7aaa51d..9692499 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -3286,6 +3286,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(ssetmask, int, newmask)
 	int old = current->blocked.sig[0];
 	sigset_t newset;
 
+	siginitset(&newset, newmask);
 	set_current_blocked(&newset);
 
 	return old;
-- 
1.5.5.1


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