diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/devio.c b/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
index b4265aa7d45e0c140ab650c5355952448e23cc92..6c35dcbea66444b6c37144276168c330cf40a865 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
  *  Revision history
  *    22.12.1999   0.1   Initial release (split from proc_usb.c)
  *    04.01.2000   0.2   Turned into its own filesystem
+ *    30.09.2005   0.3   Fix user-triggerable oops in async URB delivery
+ *    			 (CAN-2005-3055)
  */
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
@@ -58,7 +60,8 @@ static struct class *usb_device_class;
 struct async {
 	struct list_head asynclist;
 	struct dev_state *ps;
-	struct task_struct *task;
+	pid_t pid;
+	uid_t uid, euid;
 	unsigned int signr;
 	unsigned int ifnum;
 	void __user *userbuffer;
@@ -290,7 +293,8 @@ static void async_completed(struct urb *urb, struct pt_regs *regs)
 		sinfo.si_errno = as->urb->status;
 		sinfo.si_code = SI_ASYNCIO;
 		sinfo.si_addr = as->userurb;
-		send_sig_info(as->signr, &sinfo, as->task);
+		kill_proc_info_as_uid(as->signr, &sinfo, as->pid, as->uid, 
+				      as->euid);
 	}
         wake_up(&ps->wait);
 }
@@ -988,7 +992,9 @@ static int proc_do_submiturb(struct dev_state *ps, struct usbdevfs_urb *uurb,
 		as->userbuffer = NULL;
 	as->signr = uurb->signr;
 	as->ifnum = ifnum;
-	as->task = current;
+	as->pid = current->pid;
+	as->uid = current->uid;
+	as->euid = current->euid;
 	if (!(uurb->endpoint & USB_DIR_IN)) {
 		if (copy_from_user(as->urb->transfer_buffer, uurb->buffer, as->urb->transfer_buffer_length)) {
 			free_async(as);
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index c3ba31f210a963a466d22d50d3fd5a42b03e15d4..27519df0f9876bfb1ced31d3998062ccd48c12e5 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1018,6 +1018,7 @@ extern int force_sig_info(int, struct siginfo *, struct task_struct *);
 extern int __kill_pg_info(int sig, struct siginfo *info, pid_t pgrp);
 extern int kill_pg_info(int, struct siginfo *, pid_t);
 extern int kill_proc_info(int, struct siginfo *, pid_t);
+extern int kill_proc_info_as_uid(int, struct siginfo *, pid_t, uid_t, uid_t);
 extern void do_notify_parent(struct task_struct *, int);
 extern void force_sig(int, struct task_struct *);
 extern void force_sig_specific(int, struct task_struct *);
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index cba193ceda0db5ac793669440cd25dfc29968441..50c992643771e033c3833e42066fd3218f812d27 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -1193,6 +1193,40 @@ kill_proc_info(int sig, struct siginfo *info, pid_t pid)
 	return error;
 }
 
+/* like kill_proc_info(), but doesn't use uid/euid of "current" */
+int kill_proc_info_as_uid(int sig, struct siginfo *info, pid_t pid,
+		      uid_t uid, uid_t euid)
+{
+	int ret = -EINVAL;
+	struct task_struct *p;
+
+	if (!valid_signal(sig))
+		return ret;
+
+	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
+	p = find_task_by_pid(pid);
+	if (!p) {
+		ret = -ESRCH;
+		goto out_unlock;
+	}
+	if ((!info || ((unsigned long)info != 1 &&
+			(unsigned long)info != 2 && SI_FROMUSER(info)))
+	    && (euid != p->suid) && (euid != p->uid)
+	    && (uid != p->suid) && (uid != p->uid)) {
+		ret = -EPERM;
+		goto out_unlock;
+	}
+	if (sig && p->sighand) {
+		unsigned long flags;
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&p->sighand->siglock, flags);
+		ret = __group_send_sig_info(sig, info, p);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&p->sighand->siglock, flags);
+	}
+out_unlock:
+	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kill_proc_info_as_uid);
 
 /*
  * kill_something_info() interprets pid in interesting ways just like kill(2).