capabilities: Use RCU to protect task lookup in sys_capget
cap_get_target_pid() protects the task lookup with tasklist_lock.
security_capget() is called under tasklist_lock as well but
tasklist_lock does not protect anything there. The capabilities are
protected by RCU already.
So tasklist_lock only protects the lookup and prevents the task going
away, which can be done with rcu_read_lock() as well.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
diff --git a/kernel/capability.c b/kernel/capability.c
index 7f876e6..9e4697e 100644
--- a/kernel/capability.c
+++ b/kernel/capability.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
if (pid && (pid != task_pid_vnr(current))) {
struct task_struct *target;
- read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
+ rcu_read_lock();
target = find_task_by_vpid(pid);
if (!target)
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
else
ret = security_capget(target, pEp, pIp, pPp);
- read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
} else
ret = security_capget(current, pEp, pIp, pPp);
