[PATCH v2 2/2] signal: make send_signal_locked() take const siginfo
From: Bradley Morgan
Date: Mon Jun 22 2026 - 16:29:52 EST
send_signal_locked() should not change the caller's siginfo. Make that
part of the type and keep the local rewrite on its copy.
Suggested-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Bradley Morgan <include@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes since v1:
- New patch from Oleg's suggestion.
- Link to Oleg's suggestion:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/0873AC4A-3CB2-4F7B-BFE6-75D855AD22DC@xxxxxxxxx/T/#m5f8a2d54928efff41de539969b68149e1ec5fca4
include/linux/signal.h | 2 +-
include/trace/events/signal.h | 4 ++--
kernel/signal.c | 20 +++++++++++---------
3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/signal.h b/include/linux/signal.h
index f19816832f05..a1ba8c5973c6 100644
--- a/include/linux/signal.h
+++ b/include/linux/signal.h
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ extern int do_send_sig_info(int sig, struct kernel_siginfo *info,
struct task_struct *p, enum pid_type type);
extern int group_send_sig_info(int sig, struct kernel_siginfo *info,
struct task_struct *p, enum pid_type type);
-extern int send_signal_locked(int sig, struct kernel_siginfo *info,
+extern int send_signal_locked(int sig, const struct kernel_siginfo *info,
struct task_struct *p, enum pid_type type);
extern int sigprocmask(int, sigset_t *, sigset_t *);
extern void set_current_blocked(sigset_t *);
diff --git a/include/trace/events/signal.h b/include/trace/events/signal.h
index 1db7e4b07c01..05a46135ee34 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/signal.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/signal.h
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ enum {
*/
TRACE_EVENT(signal_generate,
- TP_PROTO(int sig, struct kernel_siginfo *info, struct task_struct *task,
- int group, int result),
+ TP_PROTO(int sig, const struct kernel_siginfo *info,
+ struct task_struct *task, int group, int result),
TP_ARGS(sig, info, task, group, result),
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index d72d9be3a992..26e8b8e1d03c 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -1037,7 +1037,7 @@ static inline bool legacy_queue(struct sigpending *signals, int sig)
return (sig < SIGRTMIN) && sigismember(&signals->signal, sig);
}
-static int __send_signal_locked(int sig, struct kernel_siginfo *info,
+static int __send_signal_locked(int sig, const struct kernel_siginfo *info,
struct task_struct *t, enum pid_type type, bool force)
{
struct sigpending *pending;
@@ -1154,7 +1154,7 @@ static int __send_signal_locked(int sig, struct kernel_siginfo *info,
return ret;
}
-static inline bool has_si_pid_and_uid(struct kernel_siginfo *info)
+static inline bool has_si_pid_and_uid(const struct kernel_siginfo *info)
{
bool ret = false;
switch (siginfo_layout(info->si_signo, info->si_code)) {
@@ -1178,10 +1178,11 @@ static inline bool has_si_pid_and_uid(struct kernel_siginfo *info)
return ret;
}
-int send_signal_locked(int sig, struct kernel_siginfo *info,
+int send_signal_locked(int sig, const struct kernel_siginfo *info,
struct task_struct *t, enum pid_type type)
{
struct kernel_siginfo rewritten;
+ const struct kernel_siginfo *send_info = info;
/* Should SIGKILL or SIGSTOP be received by a pid namespace init? */
bool force = false;
@@ -1196,26 +1197,27 @@ int send_signal_locked(int sig, struct kernel_siginfo *info,
struct user_namespace *t_user_ns;
rewritten = *info;
- info = &rewritten;
+ send_info = &rewritten;
rcu_read_lock();
t_user_ns = task_cred_xxx(t, user_ns);
if (current_user_ns() != t_user_ns) {
- kuid_t uid = make_kuid(current_user_ns(), info->si_uid);
- info->si_uid = from_kuid_munged(t_user_ns, uid);
+ kuid_t uid = make_kuid(current_user_ns(), rewritten.si_uid);
+
+ rewritten.si_uid = from_kuid_munged(t_user_ns, uid);
}
rcu_read_unlock();
/* A kernel generated signal? */
- force = (info->si_code == SI_KERNEL);
+ force = (rewritten.si_code == SI_KERNEL);
/* From an ancestor pid namespace? */
if (!task_pid_nr_ns(current, task_active_pid_ns(t))) {
- info->si_pid = 0;
+ rewritten.si_pid = 0;
force = true;
}
}
- return __send_signal_locked(sig, info, t, type, force);
+ return __send_signal_locked(sig, send_info, t, type, force);
}
static void print_fatal_signal(int signr)
--
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