Re: [PATCH] signal: skip blocked signals in dequeue_synchronous_signal()

[Christian Brauner]

On Tue, 20 Oct 2026 21:11:01 +0300, Avi Weiss wrote:
> dequeue_synchronous_signal() checks whether an unblocked
> synchronous signal is pending, but its queue scan can select a
> different blocked entry with a positive si_code. This can deliver
> a signal while it is still blocked.
> 
> Check the blocked mask for each queued entry. Forced faults
> are unblocked when necessary by force_sig_info_to_task(), and the
> existing pending bookkeeping is unchanged.
> 
> [...]

Applied to the vfs.fixes branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs.fixes branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

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tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs.fixes

[1/1] signal: skip blocked signals in dequeue_synchronous_signal()
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/2e835d0af134