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diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c
index bf67871173ef..5bc1895f3f9c 100644
--- a/security/commoncap.c
+++ b/security/commoncap.c
@@ -526,6 +526,19 @@ int cap_task_kill(struct task_struct *p, struct siginfo *info,
if (info != SEND_SIG_NOINFO && (is_si_special(info) || SI_FROMKERNEL(info)))
return 0;
+ /*
+ * Running a setuid root program raises your capabilities.
+ * Killing your own setuid root processes was previously
+ * allowed.
+ * We must preserve legacy signal behavior in this case.
+ */
+ if (p->euid == 0 && p->uid == current->uid)
+ return 0;
+
+ /* sigcont is permitted within same session */
+ if (sig == SIGCONT && (task_session_nr(current) == task_session_nr(p)))
+ return 0;
+
if (secid)
/*
* Signal sent as a particular user.