From: "Eric W. Biederman" <[email protected]> Use current instead of looking up the current up the current task by process identifier. Netlink requests are processed in trhe context of the sending task so this is safe.
Cc: Al Viro <[email protected]> Cc: Eric Paris <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <[email protected]> --- kernel/audit.c | 38 +++++++++++++------------------------- 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c index 58f704b..2a8728f 100644 --- a/kernel/audit.c +++ b/kernel/audit.c @@ -866,41 +866,29 @@ static int audit_receive_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh) break; case AUDIT_TTY_GET: { struct audit_tty_status s; - struct task_struct *tsk; - unsigned long flags; - - rcu_read_lock(); - tsk = find_task_by_vpid(pid); - if (tsk && lock_task_sighand(tsk, &flags)) { - s.enabled = tsk->signal->audit_tty != 0; - unlock_task_sighand(tsk, &flags); - } else - err = -ESRCH; - rcu_read_unlock(); - - if (!err) - audit_send_reply(NETLINK_CB(skb).pid, seq, - AUDIT_TTY_GET, 0, 0, &s, sizeof(s)); + struct task_struct *tsk = current; + + spin_lock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock); + s.enabled = tsk->signal->audit_tty != 0; + spin_unlock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock); + + audit_send_reply(NETLINK_CB(skb).pid, seq, + AUDIT_TTY_GET, 0, 0, &s, sizeof(s)); break; } case AUDIT_TTY_SET: { struct audit_tty_status *s; - struct task_struct *tsk; - unsigned long flags; + struct task_struct *tsk = current; if (nlh->nlmsg_len < sizeof(struct audit_tty_status)) return -EINVAL; s = data; if (s->enabled != 0 && s->enabled != 1) return -EINVAL; - rcu_read_lock(); - tsk = find_task_by_vpid(pid); - if (tsk && lock_task_sighand(tsk, &flags)) { - tsk->signal->audit_tty = s->enabled != 0; - unlock_task_sighand(tsk, &flags); - } else - err = -ESRCH; - rcu_read_unlock(); + + spin_lock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock); + tsk->signal->audit_tty = s->enabled != 0; + spin_unlock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock); break; } default: -- 1.7.5.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
