[PATCH] yama: don't abuse rcu_read_lock/get_task_struct in yama_task_prctl()

Oleg Nesterov oleg at redhat.com
Wed Feb 19 16:14:17 UTC 2025


current->group_leader is stable, no need to take rcu_read_lock() and do
get/put_task_struct().

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg at redhat.com>
---
 security/yama/yama_lsm.c | 9 ++-------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/yama/yama_lsm.c b/security/yama/yama_lsm.c
index 1971710620c1..3d064dd4e03f 100644
--- a/security/yama/yama_lsm.c
+++ b/security/yama/yama_lsm.c
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ static int yama_task_prctl(int option, unsigned long arg2, unsigned long arg3,
 			   unsigned long arg4, unsigned long arg5)
 {
 	int rc = -ENOSYS;
-	struct task_struct *myself = current;
+	struct task_struct *myself;
 
 	switch (option) {
 	case PR_SET_PTRACER:
@@ -232,11 +232,7 @@ static int yama_task_prctl(int option, unsigned long arg2, unsigned long arg3,
 		 * leader checking is handled later when walking the ancestry
 		 * at the time of PTRACE_ATTACH check.
 		 */
-		rcu_read_lock();
-		if (!thread_group_leader(myself))
-			myself = rcu_dereference(myself->group_leader);
-		get_task_struct(myself);
-		rcu_read_unlock();
+		myself = current->group_leader;
 
 		if (arg2 == 0) {
 			yama_ptracer_del(NULL, myself);
@@ -255,7 +251,6 @@ static int yama_task_prctl(int option, unsigned long arg2, unsigned long arg3,
 			}
 		}
 
-		put_task_struct(myself);
 		break;
 	}
 
-- 
2.25.1.362.g51ebf55





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