[PATCH] do_notify_parent: sanitize the valid_signal() checks
From: Oleg Nesterov
Date: Sun Feb 22 2026 - 10:24:05 EST
The "sig" argument of do_notify_parent() must always be valid and it
does WARN_ON_ONCE(sig == -1) at the start. The 2nd valid_signal() check
before __send_signal_locked() must always be true or we have a bug.
This is confusing. Change do_notify_parent() to WARN and return early
if valid_signal(sig) is false.
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/signal.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index ca23059a947d..a56a4413699b 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -2173,7 +2173,8 @@ bool do_notify_parent(struct task_struct *tsk, int sig)
bool autoreap = false;
u64 utime, stime;
- WARN_ON_ONCE(sig == -1);
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!valid_signal(sig)))
+ return false;
/* do_notify_parent_cldstop should have been called instead. */
WARN_ON_ONCE(task_is_stopped_or_traced(tsk));
@@ -2254,7 +2255,7 @@ bool do_notify_parent(struct task_struct *tsk, int sig)
* Send with __send_signal as si_pid and si_uid are in the
* parent's namespaces.
*/
- if (valid_signal(sig) && sig)
+ if (sig)
__send_signal_locked(sig, &info, tsk->parent, PIDTYPE_TGID, false);
__wake_up_parent(tsk, tsk->parent);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&psig->siglock, flags);
--
2.52.0