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ptrace: add ptracer_access_allowed()
authorChristian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
Wed, 20 May 2026 21:48:54 +0000 (23:48 +0200)
committerChristian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Tue, 26 May 2026 09:02:01 +0000 (11:02 +0200)
commit92f829f6b2faad37a5582df73df01c93d4429821
tree3a84282e501b34075fb3a04f93b34670deda1c85
parentb092062cb6d799fa3504c5975cbb1b05c8b67d6d
ptrace: add ptracer_access_allowed()

Add a helper that encapsulates all of the logic for checking ptrace
access and remove open-coded versions in follow-up patches.

Reviewed-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand (arm) <david@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260520-work-task_exec_state-v3-3-69f895bc1385@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
include/linux/ptrace.h
kernel/ptrace.c