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-rw-r--r--kernel/audit_watch.c8
-rw-r--r--kernel/fork.c23
2 files changed, 28 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/audit_watch.c b/kernel/audit_watch.c
index d6709eb70970..0d302a87f21b 100644
--- a/kernel/audit_watch.c
+++ b/kernel/audit_watch.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
*/
+#include <linux/file.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/audit.h>
#include <linux/kthread.h>
@@ -544,10 +545,11 @@ int audit_exe_compare(struct task_struct *tsk, struct audit_fsnotify_mark *mark)
unsigned long ino;
dev_t dev;
- rcu_read_lock();
- exe_file = rcu_dereference(tsk->mm->exe_file);
+ exe_file = get_task_exe_file(tsk);
+ if (!exe_file)
+ return 0;
ino = exe_file->f_inode->i_ino;
dev = exe_file->f_inode->i_sb->s_dev;
- rcu_read_unlock();
+ fput(exe_file);
return audit_mark_compare(mark, ino, dev);
}
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index aaf782327bf3..36c0daa03c60 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -799,6 +799,29 @@ struct file *get_mm_exe_file(struct mm_struct *mm)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_mm_exe_file);
/**
+ * get_task_exe_file - acquire a reference to the task's executable file
+ *
+ * Returns %NULL if task's mm (if any) has no associated executable file or
+ * this is a kernel thread with borrowed mm (see the comment above get_task_mm).
+ * User must release file via fput().
+ */
+struct file *get_task_exe_file(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+ struct file *exe_file = NULL;
+ struct mm_struct *mm;
+
+ task_lock(task);
+ mm = task->mm;
+ if (mm) {
+ if (!(task->flags & PF_KTHREAD))
+ exe_file = get_mm_exe_file(mm);
+ }
+ task_unlock(task);
+ return exe_file;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_task_exe_file);
+
+/**
* get_task_mm - acquire a reference to the task's mm
*
* Returns %NULL if the task has no mm. Checks PF_KTHREAD (meaning