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-rw-r--r--kernel/fork.c26
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 99076dbe27d8..763a042eef9c 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -616,12 +616,6 @@ static void dup_mm_exe_file(struct mm_struct *mm, struct mm_struct *oldmm)
exe_file = get_mm_exe_file(oldmm);
RCU_INIT_POINTER(mm->exe_file, exe_file);
- /*
- * We depend on the oldmm having properly denied write access to the
- * exe_file already.
- */
- if (exe_file && deny_write_access(exe_file))
- pr_warn_once("deny_write_access() failed in %s\n", __func__);
}
#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
@@ -1412,20 +1406,11 @@ int set_mm_exe_file(struct mm_struct *mm, struct file *new_exe_file)
*/
old_exe_file = rcu_dereference_raw(mm->exe_file);
- if (new_exe_file) {
- /*
- * We expect the caller (i.e., sys_execve) to already denied
- * write access, so this is unlikely to fail.
- */
- if (unlikely(deny_write_access(new_exe_file)))
- return -EACCES;
+ if (new_exe_file)
get_file(new_exe_file);
- }
rcu_assign_pointer(mm->exe_file, new_exe_file);
- if (old_exe_file) {
- allow_write_access(old_exe_file);
+ if (old_exe_file)
fput(old_exe_file);
- }
return 0;
}
@@ -1464,9 +1449,6 @@ int replace_mm_exe_file(struct mm_struct *mm, struct file *new_exe_file)
return ret;
}
- ret = deny_write_access(new_exe_file);
- if (ret)
- return -EACCES;
get_file(new_exe_file);
/* set the new file */
@@ -1475,10 +1457,8 @@ int replace_mm_exe_file(struct mm_struct *mm, struct file *new_exe_file)
rcu_assign_pointer(mm->exe_file, new_exe_file);
mmap_write_unlock(mm);
- if (old_exe_file) {
- allow_write_access(old_exe_file);
+ if (old_exe_file)
fput(old_exe_file);
- }
return 0;
}