The usage of while_each_pid_task() construct in cap_set_pg() looks incorrect.
The macro is meant to form 'do ... while' loop instead of a simple while loop.
I think currently it will skip thread leader of a NPTL process.
Fix by convert to 'do ... while' style.
Signed-off-by: Ken Chen <kenchen@google.com>
diff --git a/kernel/capability.c b/kernel/capability.c
index 0101e84..26d8eda 100644
--- a/kernel/capability.c
+++ b/kernel/capability.c
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ static inline int cap_set_pg
pgrp = find_vpid(pgrp_nr);
do_each_pid_task(pgrp, PIDTYPE_PGID, g) {
target = g;
- while_each_thread(g, target) {
+ do {
if (!security_capset_check(target, effective,
inheritable, permitted)) {
security_capset_set(target, effective,
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ static inline int cap_set_pg
ret = 0;
}
found = 1;
- }
+ } while_each_thread(g, target);
} while_each_pid_task(pgrp, PIDTYPE_PGID, g);
read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
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