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The field "eip" (instruction pointer) and "esp" (stack pointer) of a task can be read from /proc/PID/stat. These fields can be interesting for coredump. However, these fields were disabled by commit0a1eb2d474("fs/proc: Stop reporting eip and esp in /proc/PID/stat"), because it is generally unsafe to do so. But it is safe for a coredumping process, and therefore exceptions were made: - for a coredumping thread by commitfd7d56270b("fs/proc: Report eip/esp in /prod/PID/stat for coredumping"). - for all other threads in a coredumping process by commitcb8f381f16("fs/proc/array.c: allow reporting eip/esp for all coredumping threads"). The above two commits check the PF_DUMPCORE flag to determine a coredump thread and the PF_EXITING flag for the other threads. Unfortunately, commit9230738308("coredump: Don't perform any cleanups before dumping core") moved coredump to happen earlier and before PF_EXITING is set. Thus, checking PF_EXITING is no longer the correct way to determine threads in a coredumping process. Instead of PF_EXITING, use PF_POSTCOREDUMP to determine the other threads. Checking of PF_EXITING was added for coredumping, so it probably can now be removed. But it doesn't hurt to keep. Fixes:9230738308("coredump: Don't perform any cleanups before dumping core") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Acked-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> Acked-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Nam Cao <namcao@linutronix.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/d89af63d478d6c64cc46a01420b46fd6eb147d6f.1735805772.git.namcao@linutronix.de Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.