[PATCH] pid_ns: ensure pid is not freed during kill_pid_info_as_uid

[Serge Hallyn]

Alan Stern points out that after spin_unlock(&ps->lock) there is no
guarantee that ps->pid won't be freed.  Since kill_pid_info_as_uid() is
called after the spin_unlock(), the pid passed to it must be pinned.

Signed-off-by: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/usb/core/devio.c |    6 ++++--
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/devio.c b/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
index 37518df..eea53eb 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ static void async_completed(struct urb *urb)
 		sinfo.si_errno = as->status;
 		sinfo.si_code = SI_ASYNCIO;
 		sinfo.si_addr = as->userurb;
-		pid = as->pid;
+		pid = get_pid(as->pid);
 		uid = as->uid;
 		euid = as->euid;
 		secid = as->secid;
@@ -422,9 +422,11 @@ static void async_completed(struct urb *urb)
 		cancel_bulk_urbs(ps, as->bulk_addr);
 	spin_unlock(&ps->lock);
 
-	if (signr)
+	if (signr) {
 		kill_pid_info_as_uid(sinfo.si_signo, &sinfo, pid, uid,
 				      euid, secid);
+		put_pid(pid);
+	}
 
 	wake_up(&ps->wait);
 }
-- 
1.7.0.4

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