Code:  int prepare_binprm(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 {
	struct inode *inode = file_inode(bprm->file);
	umode_t mode = inode->i_mode;
 	int retval;
 
	/* clear any previous set[ug]id data from a previous binary */
	bprm->cred->euid = current_euid();
	bprm->cred->egid = current_egid();
	if (!(bprm->file->f_path.mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_NOSUID) &&
	    !task_no_new_privs(current) &&
	    kuid_has_mapping(bprm->cred->user_ns, inode->i_uid) &&
	    kgid_has_mapping(bprm->cred->user_ns, inode->i_gid)) {
		/* Set-uid? */
		if (mode & S_ISUID) {
			bprm->per_clear |= PER_CLEAR_ON_SETID;
			bprm->cred->euid = inode->i_uid;
		}
		/* Set-gid? */
		/*
		 * If setgid is set but no group execute bit then this
		 * is a candidate for mandatory locking, not a setgid
		 * executable.
		 */
		if ((mode & (S_ISGID | S_IXGRP)) == (S_ISGID | S_IXGRP)) {
			bprm->per_clear |= PER_CLEAR_ON_SETID;
			bprm->cred->egid = inode->i_gid;
		}
	}
 
 	/* fill in binprm security blob */
 	retval = security_bprm_set_creds(bprm);
	if (retval)
		return retval;
	bprm->cred_prepared = 1;

	memset(bprm->buf, 0, BINPRM_BUF_SIZE);
	return kernel_read(bprm->file, 0, bprm->buf, BINPRM_BUF_SIZE);
}

Vulnerability Type: +Priv 
CWE ID: CWE-362
Summary: Race condition in the prepare_binprm function in fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19.6 allows local users to gain privileges by executing a setuid program at a time instant when a chown to root is in progress, and the ownership is changed but the setuid bit is not yet stripped.
Commit Message: fs: take i_mutex during prepare_binprm for set[ug]id executables

This prevents a race between chown() and execve(), where chowning a
setuid-user binary to root would momentarily make the binary setuid
root.

This patch was mostly written by Linus Torvalds.

Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jann@thejh.net>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>