1 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-timers.c b/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
index 1cd10b102c51..5dead89308b7 100644
--- a/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
@@ -1051,15 +1051,24 @@ retry_delete:
 }
 
 /*
- * This is called by do_exit or de_thread, only when there are no more
- * references to the shared signal_struct.
+ * This is called by do_exit or de_thread, only when nobody else can
+ * modify the signal->posix_timers list. Yet we need sighand->siglock
+ * to prevent the race with /proc/pid/timers.
  */
-void exit_itimers(struct signal_struct *sig)
+void exit_itimers(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
+	struct list_head timers;
 	struct k_itimer *tmr;
 
-	while (!list_empty(&sig->posix_timers)) {
-		tmr = list_entry(sig->posix_timers.next, struct k_itimer, list);
+	if (list_empty(&tsk->signal->posix_timers))
+		return;
+
+	spin_lock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
+	list_replace_init(&tsk->signal->posix_timers, &timers);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
+
+	while (!list_empty(&timers)) {
+		tmr = list_first_entry(&timers, struct k_itimer, list);
 		itimer_delete(tmr);
 	}
 }