Merge tag 'v4.9' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux into for-next

Linux 4.9

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fs/proc/array.c b/fs/proc/array.c
index 89600fd5963d..81818adb8e9e 100644
--- a/fs/proc/array.c
+++ b/fs/proc/array.c
@@ -412,10 +412,11 @@ static int do_task_stat(struct seq_file *m, struct pid_namespace *ns,
 	mm = get_task_mm(task);
 	if (mm) {
 		vsize = task_vsize(mm);
-		if (permitted) {
-			eip = KSTK_EIP(task);
-			esp = KSTK_ESP(task);
-		}
+		/*
+		 * esp and eip are intentionally zeroed out.  There is no
+		 * non-racy way to read them without freezing the task.
+		 * Programs that need reliable values can use ptrace(2).
+		 */
 	}
 
 	get_task_comm(tcomm, task);