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-rw-r--r--fs/proc/base.c13
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index b1f7d30e96c2..3d773eb9e144 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -2488,6 +2488,12 @@ static ssize_t proc_pid_attr_write(struct file * file, const char __user * buf,
length = -ESRCH;
if (!task)
goto out_no_task;
+
+ /* A task may only write its own attributes. */
+ length = -EACCES;
+ if (current != task)
+ goto out;
+
if (count > PAGE_SIZE)
count = PAGE_SIZE;
@@ -2503,14 +2509,13 @@ static ssize_t proc_pid_attr_write(struct file * file, const char __user * buf,
}
/* Guard against adverse ptrace interaction */
- length = mutex_lock_interruptible(&task->signal->cred_guard_mutex);
+ length = mutex_lock_interruptible(&current->signal->cred_guard_mutex);
if (length < 0)
goto out_free;
- length = security_setprocattr(task,
- (char*)file->f_path.dentry->d_name.name,
+ length = security_setprocattr(file->f_path.dentry->d_name.name,
page, count);
- mutex_unlock(&task->signal->cred_guard_mutex);
+ mutex_unlock(&current->signal->cred_guard_mutex);
out_free:
kfree(page);
out: