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SubjectRe: [PATCH] do_wait: do take security_task_wait() into account
On Wed, 29 Apr 2009, Oleg Nesterov wrote:

> I was never able to understand what should we actually do when
> security_task_wait() fails, but the current code doesn't look right.
>
> If ->task_wait() returns the error, we update *notask_error correctly.
> But then we either reap the child (despite the fact this was forbidden)
> or clear *notask_error (and hide the securiy policy problems).
>
> This patch assumes that "stolen by ptrace" doesn't matter. If selinux
> denies the child we should ignore it but make sure we report -EACCESS
> instead of -ECHLD if there are no other eligible children.
>
> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>

Applied to:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/security-testing-2.6#next


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James Morris
<jmorris@namei.org>


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