From: Oleg Nesterov Spotted by Satoru Takeuchi. kill_pgrp(task_pgrp(current)) sends the signal to the current's thread group, but can choose any sub-thread as a target for signal_wake_up(). This means that job_control() and tty_check_change() may return -ERESTARTSYS without signal_pending(). Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov Cc: Satoru Takeuchi Cc: Roland McGrath Cc: Alan Cox Cc: Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- drivers/char/n_tty.c | 1 + drivers/char/tty_io.c | 3 ++- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN drivers/char/n_tty.c~tty-fix-leakage-of-erestartsys-to-userland drivers/char/n_tty.c --- a/drivers/char/n_tty.c~tty-fix-leakage-of-erestartsys-to-userland +++ a/drivers/char/n_tty.c @@ -1191,6 +1191,7 @@ static int job_control(struct tty_struct is_current_pgrp_orphaned()) return -EIO; kill_pgrp(task_pgrp(current), SIGTTIN, 1); + set_thread_flag(TIF_SIGPENDING); return -ERESTARTSYS; } } diff -puN drivers/char/tty_io.c~tty-fix-leakage-of-erestartsys-to-userland drivers/char/tty_io.c --- a/drivers/char/tty_io.c~tty-fix-leakage-of-erestartsys-to-userland +++ a/drivers/char/tty_io.c @@ -1148,7 +1148,8 @@ int tty_check_change(struct tty_struct * return 0; if (is_current_pgrp_orphaned()) return -EIO; - (void) kill_pgrp(task_pgrp(current), SIGTTOU, 1); + kill_pgrp(task_pgrp(current), SIGTTOU, 1); + set_thread_flag(TIF_SIGPENDING); return -ERESTARTSYS; } _