Fix prlimit64 for suid/sgid processes
authorKacper Kornet <kornet@camk.edu.pl>
Fri, 28 Jan 2011 23:21:04 +0000 (00:21 +0100)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Mon, 31 Jan 2011 03:01:27 +0000 (13:01 +1000)
Since check_prlimit_permission always fails in the case of SUID/GUID
processes, such processes are not able to read or set their own limits.
This commit changes this by assuming that process can always read/change
its own limits.

Signed-off-by: Kacper Kornet <kornet@camk.edu.pl>
Acked-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
kernel/sys.c

index 31b71a2..18da702 100644 (file)
@@ -1385,7 +1385,8 @@ static int check_prlimit_permission(struct task_struct *task)
        const struct cred *cred = current_cred(), *tcred;
 
        tcred = __task_cred(task);
-       if ((cred->uid != tcred->euid ||
+       if (current != task &&
+           (cred->uid != tcred->euid ||
             cred->uid != tcred->suid ||
             cred->uid != tcred->uid  ||
             cred->gid != tcred->egid ||