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-rw-r--r--kernel/ptrace.c9
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
index 0692ab5a0d6..27ac80298bf 100644
--- a/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -185,10 +185,11 @@ int ptrace_attach(struct task_struct *task)
if (same_thread_group(task, current))
goto out;
- /* Protect exec's credential calculations against our interference;
- * SUID, SGID and LSM creds get determined differently under ptrace.
+ /* Protect the target's credential calculations against our
+ * interference; SUID, SGID and LSM creds get determined differently
+ * under ptrace.
*/
- retval = mutex_lock_interruptible(&task->cred_exec_mutex);
+ retval = mutex_lock_interruptible(&task->cred_guard_mutex);
if (retval < 0)
goto out;
@@ -232,7 +233,7 @@ repeat:
bad:
write_unlock_irqrestore(&tasklist_lock, flags);
task_unlock(task);
- mutex_unlock(&task->cred_exec_mutex);
+ mutex_unlock(&task->cred_guard_mutex);
out:
return retval;
}