linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.4 38/53] binder: use group leader instead of open thread

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Date:   Mon, 28 Aug 2017 10:05:43 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Todd Kjos <tkjos@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.4 38/53] binder: use group leader instead of open thread

4.4-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Todd Kjos <tkjos@...roid.com>

commit c4ea41ba195d01c9af66fb28711a16cc97caa9c5 upstream.

The binder allocator assumes that the thread that
called binder_open will never die for the lifetime of
that proc. That thread is normally the group_leader,
however it may not be. Use the group_leader instead
of current.

Signed-off-by: Todd Kjos <tkjos@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 drivers/android/binder.c |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/android/binder.c
+++ b/drivers/android/binder.c
@@ -2966,8 +2966,8 @@ static int binder_open(struct inode *nod
 	proc = kzalloc(sizeof(*proc), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (proc == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	get_task_struct(current);
-	proc->tsk = current;
+	get_task_struct(current->group_leader);
+	proc->tsk = current->group_leader;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&proc->todo);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&proc->wait);
 	proc->default_priority = task_nice(current);