[PATCH 02/16] core: do security check under task_lock

[Jiri Slaby]

Do security_task_setrlimit under task_lock. Other tasks may
change limits under our hands while we are checking limits
inside the function. From now on, they can't.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/sys.c |   16 +++++++---------
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index 605ab9c..0f86199 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -1243,7 +1243,7 @@ int setrlimit(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned int resource,
 		struct rlimit *new_rlim)
 {
 	struct rlimit *old_rlim;
-	int retval;
+	int retval = 0;
 
 	if (new_rlim->rlim_cur > new_rlim->rlim_max)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -1260,10 +1260,6 @@ int setrlimit(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned int resource,
 		}
 	}
 
-	retval = security_task_setrlimit(tsk, resource, new_rlim);
-	if (retval)
-		goto out;
-
 	if (resource == RLIMIT_CPU && new_rlim->rlim_cur == 0) {
 		/*
 		 * The caller is asking for an immediate RLIMIT_CPU
@@ -1276,11 +1272,13 @@ int setrlimit(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned int resource,
 
 	old_rlim = tsk->signal->rlim + resource;
 	task_lock(tsk->group_leader);
-	if ((new_rlim->rlim_max <= old_rlim->rlim_max) ||
-				capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE))
-		*old_rlim = *new_rlim;
-	else
+	if ((new_rlim->rlim_max > old_rlim->rlim_max) &&
+				!capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE))
 		retval = -EPERM;
+	if (!retval)
+		retval = security_task_setrlimit(tsk, resource, new_rlim);
+	if (!retval)
+		*old_rlim = *new_rlim;
 	task_unlock(tsk->group_leader);
 
 	if (retval || resource != RLIMIT_CPU)
-- 
1.6.4.2

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