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| -rw-r--r-- | security/commoncap.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c index 302e8d0..5bc1895 100644 --- a/security/commoncap.c +++ b/security/commoncap.c @@ -526,6 +526,15 @@ int cap_task_kill(struct task_struct *p, struct siginfo *info, if (info != SEND_SIG_NOINFO && (is_si_special(info) || SI_FROMKERNEL(info))) return 0; + /* + * Running a setuid root program raises your capabilities. + * Killing your own setuid root processes was previously + * allowed. + * We must preserve legacy signal behavior in this case. + */ + if (p->euid == 0 && p->uid == current->uid) + return 0; + /* sigcont is permitted within same session */ if (sig == SIGCONT && (task_session_nr(current) == task_session_nr(p))) return 0; |
