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-rw-r--r--kernel/signal.c34
1 files changed, 34 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index cba193c..50c9926 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -1193,6 +1193,40 @@ kill_proc_info(int sig, struct siginfo *info, pid_t pid)
return error;
}
+/* like kill_proc_info(), but doesn't use uid/euid of "current" */
+int kill_proc_info_as_uid(int sig, struct siginfo *info, pid_t pid,
+ uid_t uid, uid_t euid)
+{
+ int ret = -EINVAL;
+ struct task_struct *p;
+
+ if (!valid_signal(sig))
+ return ret;
+
+ read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
+ p = find_task_by_pid(pid);
+ if (!p) {
+ ret = -ESRCH;
+ goto out_unlock;
+ }
+ if ((!info || ((unsigned long)info != 1 &&
+ (unsigned long)info != 2 && SI_FROMUSER(info)))
+ && (euid != p->suid) && (euid != p->uid)
+ && (uid != p->suid) && (uid != p->uid)) {
+ ret = -EPERM;
+ goto out_unlock;
+ }
+ if (sig && p->sighand) {
+ unsigned long flags;
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&p->sighand->siglock, flags);
+ ret = __group_send_sig_info(sig, info, p);
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&p->sighand->siglock, flags);
+ }
+out_unlock:
+ read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+ return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kill_proc_info_as_uid);
/*
* kill_something_info() interprets pid in interesting ways just like kill(2).