From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
torvalds@linux-foundation.org, stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: lwn@lwn.net, jslaby@suse.cz,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 7.0.8
Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 15:06:08 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2026051508-cabdriver-cost-e112@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2026051508-corset-rundown-5e61@gregkh>
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a854e46c1171..a0565b83ae40 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
VERSION = 7
PATCHLEVEL = 0
-SUBLEVEL = 7
+SUBLEVEL = 8
EXTRAVERSION =
NAME = Baby Opossum Posse
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 007a0b61856d..d41e7a8f9c85 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -998,6 +998,9 @@ struct task_struct {
unsigned sched_rt_mutex:1;
#endif
+ /* Save user-dumpable when mm goes away */
+ unsigned user_dumpable:1;
+
/* Bit to tell TOMOYO we're in execve(): */
unsigned in_execve:1;
unsigned in_iowait:1;
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 9852444627a0..e2b636961254 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -571,6 +571,7 @@ static void exit_mm(void)
*/
smp_mb__after_spinlock();
local_irq_disable();
+ current->user_dumpable = (get_dumpable(mm) == SUID_DUMP_USER);
current->mm = NULL;
membarrier_update_current_mm(NULL);
enter_lazy_tlb(mm, current);
diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
index 392ec2f75f01..0e3ab697cff5 100644
--- a/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -272,11 +272,24 @@ static bool ptrace_has_cap(struct user_namespace *ns, unsigned int mode)
return ns_capable(ns, CAP_SYS_PTRACE);
}
+static bool task_still_dumpable(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int mode)
+{
+ struct mm_struct *mm = task->mm;
+ if (mm) {
+ if (get_dumpable(mm) == SUID_DUMP_USER)
+ return true;
+ return ptrace_has_cap(mm->user_ns, mode);
+ }
+
+ if (task->user_dumpable)
+ return true;
+ return ptrace_has_cap(&init_user_ns, mode);
+}
+
/* Returns 0 on success, -errno on denial. */
static int __ptrace_may_access(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int mode)
{
const struct cred *cred = current_cred(), *tcred;
- struct mm_struct *mm;
kuid_t caller_uid;
kgid_t caller_gid;
@@ -337,11 +350,8 @@ static int __ptrace_may_access(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int mode)
* Pairs with a write barrier in commit_creds().
*/
smp_rmb();
- mm = task->mm;
- if (mm &&
- ((get_dumpable(mm) != SUID_DUMP_USER) &&
- !ptrace_has_cap(mm->user_ns, mode)))
- return -EPERM;
+ if (!task_still_dumpable(task, mode))
+ return -EPERM;
return security_ptrace_access_check(task, mode);
}
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