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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 5f3fdfdb14c7..8ac38beae360 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -2664,8 +2664,6 @@ struct task_struct *create_io_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, int node)
*
* It copies the process, and if successful kick-starts
* it and waits for it to finish using the VM if required.
- *
- * args->exit_signal is expected to be checked for sanity by the caller.
*/
pid_t kernel_clone(struct kernel_clone_args *args)
{
@@ -2700,6 +2698,9 @@ pid_t kernel_clone(struct kernel_clone_args *args)
(args->pidfd == args->parent_tid))
return -EINVAL;
+ if (!valid_signal(args->exit_signal))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
/*
* Determine whether and which event to report to ptracer. When
* called from kernel_thread or CLONE_UNTRACED is explicitly
@@ -2898,11 +2899,9 @@ static noinline int copy_clone_args_from_user(struct kernel_clone_args *kargs,
return -EINVAL;
/*
- * Verify that higher 32bits of exit_signal are unset and that
- * it is a valid signal
+ * Verify that higher 32bits of exit_signal are unset
*/
- if (unlikely((args.exit_signal & ~((u64)CSIGNAL)) ||
- !valid_signal(args.exit_signal)))
+ if (unlikely(args.exit_signal & ~((u64)CSIGNAL)))
return -EINVAL;
if ((args.flags & CLONE_INTO_CGROUP) &&