1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index ef30e9d286e7..7d99e13148e6 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -1078,8 +1078,11 @@ static void sk_prot_free(struct proto *prot, struct sock *sk)
 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUPS
 void sock_update_classid(struct sock *sk)
 {
-        u32 classid = task_cls_classid(current);
+        u32 classid;
 
+        rcu_read_lock();  /* doing current task, which cannot vanish. */
+        classid = task_cls_classid(current);
+        rcu_read_unlock();
         if (classid && classid != sk->sk_classid)
                 sk->sk_classid = classid;
 }