1 files changed, 34 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index cba193ceda0d..50c992643771 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -1193,6 +1193,40 @@ kill_proc_info(int sig, struct siginfo *info, pid_t pid)
         return error;
 }
 
+/* like kill_proc_info(), but doesn't use uid/euid of "current" */
+int kill_proc_info_as_uid(int sig, struct siginfo *info, pid_t pid,
+                      uid_t uid, uid_t euid)
+{
+        int ret = -EINVAL;
+        struct task_struct *p;
+
+        if (!valid_signal(sig))
+                return ret;
+
+        read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
+        p = find_task_by_pid(pid);
+        if (!p) {
+                ret = -ESRCH;
+                goto out_unlock;
+        }
+        if ((!info || ((unsigned long)info != 1 &&
+                        (unsigned long)info != 2 && SI_FROMUSER(info)))
+            && (euid != p->suid) && (euid != p->uid)
+            && (uid != p->suid) && (uid != p->uid)) {
+                ret = -EPERM;
+                goto out_unlock;
+        }
+        if (sig && p->sighand) {
+                unsigned long flags;
+                spin_lock_irqsave(&p->sighand->siglock, flags);
+                ret = __group_send_sig_info(sig, info, p);
+                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&p->sighand->siglock, flags);
+        }
+out_unlock:
+        read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+        return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kill_proc_info_as_uid);
 
 /*
  * kill_something_info() interprets pid in interesting ways just like kill(2).