linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] Check tcsetpgrp p is a process group.

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Message-ID: <CACh33Fr3ySyk7toDDAXiEQO5psOSw+qhomXeOtZ9zdnSU=Mq1g@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sat, 27 Jun 2015 20:53:03 -0400
From:	Patrick Donnelly <batrick@...bytes.com>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>,
	open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Check tcsetpgrp p is a process group.

On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 7:26 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 05:17:03PM -0400, Patrick Donnelly wrote:
>> This fixes a bug where a process can set the foreground process group to its
>> pid even if its pid is not a valid pgrp.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Patrick Donnelly <batrick@...bytes.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/tty/tty_io.c | 8 +++++++-
>>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
>> index 401d05e..c20a2fb 100644
>> --- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
>> +++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
>> @@ -2560,9 +2560,11 @@ static int tiocspgrp(struct tty_struct *tty, struct tty_struct *real_tty, pid_t
>>  {
>>       struct pid *pgrp;
>>       pid_t pgrp_nr;
>> -     int retval = tty_check_change(real_tty);
>> +     int retval;
>>       unsigned long flags;
>>
>> +     retval = tty_check_change(real_tty);
>
> Why this churn?

I removed it in the new version, sorry. I thought it made the code
more consistent.

-- 
Patrick Donnelly
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