proc: Fix broken error paths for namespace links

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commit 425224c2d7 upstream.

Don't return the return value of down_read_killable() (0) when a ptrace
access check fails, return -EACCES as intended.

Reported-by: Magnus Lindholm <linmag7@gmail.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260706170735.2941493-1-linmag7@gmail.com
Fixes: 6650527444 ("proc: protect ptrace_may_access() with exec_update_lock (part 1)")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260706-procfs-ns-eacces-fix-v1-1-a69ab14c02e6@google.com
Tested-by: Magnus Lindholm <linmag7@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

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Jann Horn 2026-07-06 20:22:42 +02:00 • committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman

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