rlimits: allow setrlimit to non-current tasks

[net-next-2.6.git] / kernel / sys.c

diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index b5b96e30e0d6452adf61e1eb585de97a425af249..9dbcbbcce15385e54a20f0949d7cd5c0461dee7d 100644 (file)
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -1272,6 +1272,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(old_getrlimit, unsigned int, resource,
 
 #endif
 
+/* make sure you are allowed to change @tsk limits before calling this */
 int do_setrlimit(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned int resource,
                struct rlimit *new_rlim)
 {
@@ -1285,9 +1286,16 @@ int do_setrlimit(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned int resource,
        if (resource == RLIMIT_NOFILE && new_rlim->rlim_max > sysctl_nr_open)
                return -EPERM;
 
+       /* protect tsk->signal and tsk->sighand from disappearing */
+       read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
+       if (!tsk->sighand) {
+               retval = -ESRCH;
+               goto out;
+       }
+
        retval = security_task_setrlimit(tsk->group_leader, resource, new_rlim);
        if (retval)
-               return retval;
+               goto out;
 
        if (resource == RLIMIT_CPU && new_rlim->rlim_cur == 0) {
                /*
@@ -1322,6 +1330,7 @@ int do_setrlimit(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned int resource,
 
        update_rlimit_cpu(tsk, new_rlim->rlim_cur);
 out:
+       read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
        return retval;
 }