Merge branch 'master' of /pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/nsproxy.c b/kernel/nsproxy.c
index f5d332cf8c631..adc785146a1cb 100644
--- a/kernel/nsproxy.c
+++ b/kernel/nsproxy.c
@@ -139,6 +139,18 @@ int copy_namespaces(unsigned long flags, struct task_struct *tsk)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * CLONE_NEWIPC must detach from the undolist: after switching
+	 * to a new ipc namespace, the semaphore arrays from the old
+	 * namespace are unreachable.  In clone parlance, CLONE_SYSVSEM
+	 * means share undolist with parent, so we must forbid using
+	 * it along with CLONE_NEWIPC.
+	 */
+	if ((flags & CLONE_NEWIPC) && (flags & CLONE_SYSVSEM)) {
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	new_ns = create_new_namespaces(flags, tsk, tsk->fs);
 	if (IS_ERR(new_ns)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(new_ns);