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-rw-r--r--kernel/signal.c3
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index ba4d1ef39a9e..11cabcf20e7a 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -833,6 +833,9 @@ static int check_kill_permission(int sig, struct kernel_siginfo *info,
if (!valid_signal(sig))
return -EINVAL;
+ /* PF_IO_WORKER threads don't take any signals */
+ if (t->flags & PF_IO_WORKER)
+ return -ESRCH;
if (!si_fromuser(info))
return 0;