From: Kees Cook <kees@ubuntu.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:51:16 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Yama: fix default relationship to check thread group
X-Git-Url: http://git.alex.org.uk

Yama: fix default relationship to check thread group

Yet another case of a thread needing to match against the group leader.

BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/737676
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees.cook@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
---

diff --git a/security/yama/yama_lsm.c b/security/yama/yama_lsm.c
index f082a55..7c3591a 100644
--- a/security/yama/yama_lsm.c
+++ b/security/yama/yama_lsm.c
@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ static int task_is_descendant(struct task_struct *parent,
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
+	if (!thread_group_leader(parent))
+		parent = parent->group_leader;
 	while (walker->pid > 0) {
 		if (!thread_group_leader(walker))
 			walker = walker->group_leader;