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-rw-r--r--kernel/signal.c16
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 4e3cff10fdce..31751868de88 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -2421,9 +2421,13 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(rt_sigqueueinfo, pid_t, pid, int, sig,
return -EFAULT;
/* Not even root can pretend to send signals from the kernel.
- Nor can they impersonate a kill(), which adds source info. */
- if (info.si_code >= 0)
+ * Nor can they impersonate a kill()/tgkill(), which adds source info.
+ */
+ if (info.si_code != SI_QUEUE) {
+ /* We used to allow any < 0 si_code */
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(info.si_code < 0);
return -EPERM;
+ }
info.si_signo = sig;
/* POSIX.1b doesn't mention process groups. */
@@ -2437,9 +2441,13 @@ long do_rt_tgsigqueueinfo(pid_t tgid, pid_t pid, int sig, siginfo_t *info)
return -EINVAL;
/* Not even root can pretend to send signals from the kernel.
- Nor can they impersonate a kill(), which adds source info. */
- if (info->si_code >= 0)
+ * Nor can they impersonate a kill()/tgkill(), which adds source info.
+ */
+ if (info->si_code != SI_QUEUE) {
+ /* We used to allow any < 0 si_code */
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(info->si_code < 0);
return -EPERM;
+ }
info->si_signo = sig;
return do_send_specific(tgid, pid, sig, info);