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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/cred.c | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/fork.c | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/sys.c | 15 |
3 files changed, 14 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c index 174fa84eca30..8ef31f53c44c 100644 --- a/kernel/cred.c +++ b/kernel/cred.c @@ -508,10 +508,8 @@ int commit_creds(struct cred *new) key_fsgid_changed(task); /* do it - * - What if a process setreuid()'s and this brings the - * new uid over his NPROC rlimit? We can check this now - * cheaply with the new uid cache, so if it matters - * we should be checking for it. -DaveM + * RLIMIT_NPROC limits on user->processes have already been checked + * in set_user(). */ alter_cred_subscribers(new, 2); if (new->user != old->user) diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c index e7ceaca89609..8e6b6f4fb272 100644 --- a/kernel/fork.c +++ b/kernel/fork.c @@ -1111,6 +1111,7 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags, p->real_cred->user != INIT_USER) goto bad_fork_free; } + current->flags &= ~PF_NPROC_EXCEEDED; retval = copy_creds(p, clone_flags); if (retval < 0) diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c index a101ba36c444..dd948a1fca4c 100644 --- a/kernel/sys.c +++ b/kernel/sys.c @@ -621,11 +621,18 @@ static int set_user(struct cred *new) if (!new_user) return -EAGAIN; + /* + * We don't fail in case of NPROC limit excess here because too many + * poorly written programs don't check set*uid() return code, assuming + * it never fails if called by root. We may still enforce NPROC limit + * for programs doing set*uid()+execve() by harmlessly deferring the + * failure to the execve() stage. + */ if (atomic_read(&new_user->processes) >= rlimit(RLIMIT_NPROC) && - new_user != INIT_USER) { - free_uid(new_user); - return -EAGAIN; - } + new_user != INIT_USER) + current->flags |= PF_NPROC_EXCEEDED; + else + current->flags &= ~PF_NPROC_EXCEEDED; free_uid(new->user); new->user = new_user; |