[PATCH 4.4 068/107] nospec: Allow getting/setting on non-current task

2018-07-23 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
4.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. -- From: Kees Cook commit 7bbf1373e228840bb0295a2ca26d548ef37f448e upstream Adjust arch_prctl_get/set_spec_ctrl() to operate on tasks other than current. This is needed both for /proc/$pid/status

[PATCH 4.4 068/107] nospec: Allow getting/setting on non-current task

2018-07-23 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
4.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. -- From: Kees Cook commit 7bbf1373e228840bb0295a2ca26d548ef37f448e upstream Adjust arch_prctl_get/set_spec_ctrl() to operate on tasks other than current. This is needed both for /proc/$pid/status